How to loop in assembly language

Question

How would I calculate the first 12 values in the Fibonacci number sequence and be able to place it in EAX reg. and display calling DumpRegs? Using Indirect addressing I know I need a for loop here but I'm not sure how to even go about this. Any help or tips are appreciated.

      INCLUDE Irvine32.inc

; (insert symbol definitions here)

.data

; (insert variables here)
   Fibonacci BYTE 1, 1, 10 DUP (?)

.code
main PROC

; (insert executable instructions here)


    ; (This below will show hexa contents of string.)
      mov   esi, OFFSET Fibonacci       ; offset the variables
      mov   ebx,1                   ; byte format
      mov   ecx, SIZEOF Fibonacci       ; counter
      call  dumpMem 


    exit        ; exit to operating system
main ENDP

; (insert additional procedures here)

END main

Pusan

Answer 1

You can make a loop like this:

mov ecx,12
your_label:
; your code
loop your_label

The loop instruction decrements ecx and jumps to the specified label unless ecx is equal to zero. You could also construct the same loop like this:

mov ecx,12
your_label:
; your code
dec ecx
jnz your_label

Landsman

Answer 2

You determined that you need a for loop to achieve your goal, so maybe the C implementation of the for loop, in assembly, will help you:

Code Generation for For Loop

for (i=0; i < 100; i++)
{
  . . .
}

      * Data Register D2 is used to implement i.
      * Set D2 to zero (i=0)
      CLR.L D2

  L1  
      . . .
      * Increment i for (i++)
      ADDQ.L #1, D2
      * Check for the for loop exit condition ( i < 100)
      CMPI.L #100, D2
      * Branch to the beginning of for loop if less than flag is set
      BLT.S L1

SOURCE: eventhelix.com

Weatherworn

This looks like 68k assembler while the code in the OP (while not tagged as such) is x86. – Intrusion

Answer 3

.model small
.stack 100h
.data
   msg db 'Enter height of the square form 1-9: $'
   hash db '#$'
   height db 1
   length db 0
   ctr dw 0
   msgagain db 13,10,'Do you want to repeat the program? $'
   msgend db 13,10,'Program Terminated! Press any key to exit..$'
.code
   mov ax, @data
   mov ds, ax
REPEAT:   
   mov ax, 03
   int 10h

   mov ah, 09
   lea dx, msg
   int 21h

   mov ah, 01
   int 21h

   cmp al, '1'
   jl REPEAT
   cmp al, '9'
   jg REPEAT

   sub al, 48
   mov length, al
   mov bl, 1
   mul bl

   mov height, 1  
   mov di, 1 
   mov ctr, ax

   mov cx, ax
   nextline:
      dec length

      mov ah, 02
      mov bh, 00
      mov dl, length
      mov dh, height
      int 10h

      mov cx, di
      hashtags:
         mov ah, 09
         lea dx, hash
         int 21h
      loop hashtags      

      inc di
      inc height
      mov cx, ctr
      dec ctr
   loop nextline

   mov ah, 09
   lea dx, msgagain
   int 21h

   mov ah, 01
   int 21h

   cmp al, 'Y'
   je REPEAT
   cmp al, 'y'
   je REPEAT   

   mov ah, 09
   lea dx, msgend
   int 21h

   mov ah, 01
   int 21h

   mov ah, 4ch
   int 21h

END

Lechner