CS271- Assignment 6A Solved

•        Implement and test your own ReadVal and WriteVal procedures for unsigned integers.

•        Implement macros getString and displayString.  The macros may use Irvine’s ReadString to get input from the user, and WriteString to display output.   

o   getString should display a prompt, then get the user’s keyboard input into a memory location o displayString should the string stored in a specified memory location.   

o   readVal should invoke the getString macro to get the user’s string of digits.  It should then convert the digit string to numeric, while validating the user’s input.

o   writeVal should convert a numeric value to a string of digits, and invoke the displayString macro to produce the output.   

•        Write a small test program that gets 10 valid integers from the user and stores the numeric values in an array.  The program then displays the integers, their sum, and their average.

 

Requirements: 

1)        User’s numeric input must be validated the hard way: Read the user's input as a string, and convert the string to numeric form.  If the user enters non-digits or the number is too large for 32-bit registers, an error message should be displayed and the number should be discarded.   

2)        Conversion routines must appropriately use the lodsb and/or stosb operators.

3)        All procedure parameters must be passed on the system stack.

4)        Addresses of prompts, identifying strings, and other memory locations should be passed by address to the macros.   

5)        Used registers must be saved and restored by the called procedures and macros.

6)        The stack must be “cleaned up” by the called procedure.

7)        The usual requirements regarding documentation, readability, user-friendliness, etc., apply. 8)  Submit your text code file (.asm) to Canvas by the due date.   

 

 

Notes: 

1)        For this assignment you are allowed to assume that the total sum of the numbers will fit inside a 32 bit

register. 

2)        When displaying the average, you may round down to the nearest integer. For example if the sum of the 10 numbers is 3568 you may display the average as 356.           

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Example (user input in italics):

PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT 6: Designing low-level I/O procedures 

Written by: Sheperd Cooper 

 

Please provide 10 unsigned decimal integers.  

Each number needs to be small enough to fit inside a 32 bit register. After you have finished inputting the raw numbers I will display a list of the integers, their sum, and their average value. 

 

Please enter an unsigned number: 156 

Please enter an unsigned number: 51d6fd 

ERROR: You did not enter an unsigned number or your number was too big. 

Please try again: 34 

Please enter an unsigned number: 186 

Please enter an unsigned number: 15616148561615630 

ERROR: You did not enter an unsigned number or your number was too big. 

Please try again: -145 

ERROR: You did not enter an unsigned number or your number was too big. 

Please try again: 345 

Please enter an unsigned number: 5 

Please enter an unsigned number: 23 

Please enter an unsigned number: 51 

Please enter an unsigned number: 0 

Please enter an unsigned number: 56 

Please enter an unsigned number: 11 

 

You entered the following numbers: 

156, 34, 186, 345, 5, 23, 51, 0, 56, 11 

The sum of these numbers is: 867 

The average is: 86 

 

Thanks for playing!

 

Extra Credit: 

1)        1 point: number each line of user input and display a running subtotal of the user’s numbers.

2)        2 points: Handle signed integers.

3)        3 points: make your ReadVal and WriteVal procedures recursive.

4 points: implement procedures ReadVal and WriteVal  for floating point values, using the FPU