Systems Programming

Tutorial Eight-Part-01: Sheet Four Solution

Lecture Instructor : Prof. Dr. Ahmed El Nahas

Tutorial Instructors Committee:
Eng. Ahmed Abdelhamid Waheed Abdelwahab
Eng. Nour Hamdy Eng. Shereen Mabrouk 1
 Exercise(1)
1. a) Write a SIC/XE assembly language definition of the function
FUN(U, Q, R), that stores in U the value: 5Q3 + R.
b) Write coding of the call: FUN(UU, QQ, RR).

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

FUN LDA #5
MUL Q
MUL Q
MUL Q
ADD R
STA @U
RSUB
U RESW 1
Q RESW 1
R RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA #UU
STA U
LDA QQ
STA Q
LDA RR
STA R
JSUB FUN
UU RESW 1
QQ RESW 1
RR RESW 1

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 Exercise(2)
2. a) Write definition of subroutine fun(P, Q, R), that returns in R the
value:
𝑃 + 10 𝑄 + 20 𝑖𝑓 𝑃 ≤ 𝑄
R=൝
𝑄 2 + 15 𝑖𝑓 𝑃 > 𝑄
b) Write code for the call: fun(AP, AQ, AR)

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 Solution-Subroutine
Label Mnemonic Operand
FUN LDA P
COMP Q
JGT ELSE
LDA P
ADD #10
MUL Q
ADD #20
STA @R
J DONE
ELSE LDA Q
MUL Q
ADD #15 6
 Solution-Subroutine
Label Mnemonic Operand
STA @R
DONE RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1
R RESW 1

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 Solution-Call
Label Mnemonic Operand
LDA AP
STA P
LDA AQ
STA Q
LDA #AR
STA R
JSUB FUN
AP RESW 1
AQ RESW 1
AR RESW 1

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 Exercise(3)
3. Write a sequence of assembly instructions equivalent to the
function func, having two parameters n, R:
void func(int n, int &R)
{𝑅 = 10 ∗ 𝑛 ∗ 𝑛 − 5;}

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 Solution

Label Mnemonic Operand

FUNC LDA #10
MUL N
MUL N
SUB #5
STA @R
RSUB
N RESW 1
R RESW 1

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 Exercise(4)
4. a) Write a SIC/XE assembly language definition of function
FUN(Q, P), that returns in P the value:
𝑃= 10𝑄 + 20 𝑄 + 30 𝑄 + 40
b) Write code for the call: FUN(AQ, AP).

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

Fun LDA #10
MUL Q
ADD #20
MUL Q
ADD #30
MUL Q
ADD #40
STA @P
RSUB
Q RESW 1
P RESW 1
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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA AQ
STA Q
LDA #AP
STA P
JSUB FUN
AQ RESW 1
AP RESW 1

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 Exercise(5)
5. a) Write a SIC/XE assembly language definition of function:
void func(int * p1, int * P2, int c) {
*p1 = *p1 + c;
*p2 = *p2 – c;
}
b)Write code for the call:
func(pa1, pa2, <lasy_three_digits_of_your_id>);.

Let it be 463 for example

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

FUNC LDA @P1
ADD C
STA @P1
LDA @P2
SUB C
STA @P2
RSUB
P1 RESW 1
P2 RESW 1
C RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA #PA1
STA P1
LDA #PA2
STA P2
LDA #463
STA C
JSUB FUNC
PA1 RESW 1
PA2 RESW 1

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 Exercise(6)
6. a) Write the definition of the function FUN (P,Q) , that stores in Q
the value ( ( 2 * P + 3 ) * P + 4 )
b) Write the code for the call : FUN (PPP,QQQ)

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

Fun LDA #2
MUL P
ADD #3
MUL P
ADD #4
STA @Q
RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA PPP
STA P
LDA #QQQ
STA Q
JSUB FUN
PPP RESW 1
QQQ RESW 1

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 Exercise(7)
7. a) Write definition of subroutine CUBE(P, Q), that stores in Q the
value P3. Make sure to include ALL of the necessary directives in
your code.
b) Write code for the call: CUBE(XXX, YYY).

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

CUBE LDA P
MUL P
MUL P
STA @Q
RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA XXX
STA P
LDA #YYY
STA Q
JSUB CUBE
XXX RESW 1
YYY RESW 1

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 Exercise(8)
8. Write the definition of the function SWAP (P, Q), that swaps values
in P and Q. Include all necessary declarations. Also, write code for
the call: SWAP (U, W).

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Solution-Subroutine (With Auxiliary Variable Temp)

Label Mnemonic Operand

SWAP LDA @P
STA TEMP
LDA @Q
STA @P
LDA TEMP
STA @P
RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1
TEMP RESW 1

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 Alternative Solution-Subroutine
(With Register S as Temp)
Label Mnemonic Operand
SWAP LDS @P
LDA @Q
STA @P
STS @Q
RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA #U
STA P
LDA #W
STA Q
JSUB SWAP
U RESW 1
W RESW 1

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 Exercise(9)
9. a) Write definition of function FUN (P, Q, R), that circularly shifts its
parameters:
- Save contents of P in register S,
- Set P = Q ;
- Set Q = R ;
- Set R = contents of S
b) Write code for the call FUN (PP, QQ, RR)
Make sure to include ALL the necessary directives in your code.

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 Solution(a)-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

FUN LDS @P
LDA @Q
STA @P
LDA @R
STA @Q
STS @R
RSUB
P RESW 1
Q RESW 1
R RESW 1

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 Solution(b)-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA #PP
STA P
LDA #QQ
STA Q
LDA #RR
STA R
JSUB FUN
PP RESW 1
QQ RESW 1
RR RESW 1

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 Exercise(10)
10. Write definition of function FUN (P), that replaces P by:
[(2 * P + 4) * P + 6] * P,
Also, write code for the call: FUN (PPP)
Make sure to include ALL the necessary directives in your code.

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 Solution-Subroutine

Label Mnemonic Operand

FUN LDA #2
MUL @P
ADD #4
MUL @P
ADD #6
MUL @P
STA @P
RSUB
P RESW 1

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 Solution-Call

Label Mnemonic Operand

LDA #PPP
STA P
JSUB FUN
PPP RESW 1

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