I’m trying to write a simple code which save string and integer input into an array and then prints them (i will also later add another part which sorts them,but i have to get this to work first).
.data
array: .space 40 #10 elements array
in_name:
.asciiz "\nInsert name: "
in_date:
.asciiz "\nInsert date (mmdd): "
appt:
.asciiz "\nList: "
spaz: .asciiz " "
.text
main:
la $s0, array #load array in s0
addi $t0, $zero, 0 #t0=0 counter
addi $s1, $zero, 0 #s1=0 array size counter
j Input
Input:
li $v0, 4
la $a0, in_date
syscall #ask date
li $v0, 5
syscall #read date
add $t1, $zero, $t0 #offset in t1
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*2
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*4
add $s2, $t1, $s0 #array with offset in s2
sw $v0, 0($s2) #save date
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #t0++
addi $s1, $s1, 1 #array size counter +1
li $v0, 4
la $a0, in_name
syscall #ask name
li $v0, 8
syscall #read name
add $t1, $zero, $t0 #offset in t1
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*2
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*4
add $s2, $t1, $s0 #array with offset in s2
sw $v0, 0($s2) #save name
addi $s1, $s1, 1 #array size counter +1
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #t0++
beq $s1, 10, print #if array size=10 go to print
j Input #start over until s1=10
print:
la $a0, appt
li $v0, 4
syscall #print list
addi $t0, $zero, 0 #t0=0 counter
res:
add $t1, $zero, $t0 #offset in t1
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*2
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*4
add $s2, $t1, $s0 #array with offset in s2
lw $a0, 0($s2) #load date
li $v0, 1
syscall #print data
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #t0++
la $a0, spaz #load space
li $v0, 4
syscall #print space
add $t1, $zero, $t0 #offset in t1
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*2
add $t1, $t1, $t1 #t1*4
add $s2, $t1, $s0 #array with offset in s2
lw $a0, 0($s2) #load name
li $v0, 4
syscall #print name
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #t0++
la $a0, spaz
syscall #print space
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #t0++ counter
bne $t0, $s1, res #start over until t0=s1
j end
end:
li $v0, 10
syscall #the end
With MARS i get this: line 75: Runtime exception at 0x004000e4: address out of range 0x00000008. The code seems to read correctly, and it prints the first integer i input, and then i get an error when it tries to print the first string. I’m new to mips so the code is probably really bad, and i have some trouble dealing with arrays. What am i doing wrong?
Edit: Thanks to Michael answer i understood what i was doing wrong, but it looks like i don’t understand how to do it correctly. I tried adding this code
li $a0, 4
li $v0, 9
syscall #space for new word (4bytes)
move $a0, $v0
li $a1, 4
li $v0, 8
syscall #read name
before the read_string but i still get the same error. How should i do it?