5.7: Return Values with PromptInt Subprogram

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The next subprogram in this chapter, PromptInt, shows how to return a value from a subprogram. The registers $a0..$a3 are used to pass values into a subprogram, and the registers $v0..$v1 are used to return values. The program from Chapter 5.6 has been changed to include the PromptInt subprogram, and the changes are highlighted in yellow.

# File:        Program5-2.asm
# Author:      Charles Kann
# Purpose:     To illustrate implementing and calling a subprogram named PrintNewLine.
.text
main:
    # read an input value from the user
    la $a0, prompt
    jal PromptInt
    move $s0, $v0
    
    # print the value back to the user
    jal PrintNewLine
    la $a0, result
    move $a1, $s0
    jal PrintInt
    
    # call the Exit subprogram to exit
    jal Exit

.data
    prompt: .asciiz "Please enter an integer: "
    result: .asciiz "You entered: "
 
# subprogram:    PrintNewLine
# author:        Charles Kann
# purpose:       to output a new line to the user console
# input:         None
# output:        None
# side effects:  A new line character is printed to the user's console
.text
PrintNewLine:
    li $v0, 4
    la $a0, __PNL_newline
    syscall
    jr $ra
.data
    __PNL_newline: .asciiz "\n"

# subprogram:     PrintInt
# author:         Charles W. Kann
# purpose:        To print a string to the console
# input:          $a0 - The address of the string to print.
#                 $a1 - The value of the int to print
# returns:        None
# side effects:   The String is printed followed by the integer value.
.text
PrintInt:
    # Print string. The string address is already in $a0 
    li $v0, 4
    syscall
    
    # Print integer. The integer value is in $a1, and must # be first moved to $a0.
    move $a0, $a1
    li $v0, 1
    syscall
    
    #return
    jr $ra

# subprogram:    PromptInt
# author:        Charles W. Kann
# purpose:       To print the user for an integer input, and to return that input value to the caller.
# input:         $a0 - The address of the string to print.
# returns:       $v0 - The value the user entered    
# side effects:  The String is printed followed by the integer value.
.text
PromptInt:
    # Print the prompt, which is already in $a0
    li $v0, 4
    syscall
    
    # Read the integer value. Note that at the end of the
    # syscall the value is already in $v0, so there is no
    # need to move it anywhere.
    move $a0, $a1
    li $v0, 5
    syscall
    
    #return
    jr $ra

# subprogram:    PrintString
# author:        Charles W. Kann
# purpose:       To print a string to the console
# input:         $a0 - The address of the string to print.
# returns:       None
# side effects:  The String is printed to the console.
.text
PrintString:
    addi $v0, $zero, 4
    syscall
    jr $ra


# subprogram:    Exit
# author:        Charles Kann
# purpose:       to use syscall service 10 to exit a program
# input:         None
# output:        None
# side effects:  The program is exited
.text
Exit:
    li $v0, 10
    syscall

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