Quite often one needs loops which, in the last iteration, execute only part of the loop body.



Goal

Demonstrate the best way to do this.



Task

Write a loop which writes the comma-separated list

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

using separate output statements for the number
and the comma from within the body of the loop.



Related tasks

   Loop over multiple arrays simultaneously
   Loops/Break
   Loops/Continue
   Loops/Do-while
   Loops/Downward for
   Loops/For
   Loops/For with a specified step
   Loops/Foreach
   Loops/Increment loop index within loop body
   Loops/Infinite
   Loops/N plus one half
   Loops/Nested
   Loops/While
   Loops/with multiple ranges
   Loops/Wrong ranges


 
/* ARM assembly Raspberry PI  */
/*  program loopnplusone.s   */
 
/* Constantes    */
.equ STDOUT, 1     @ Linux output console
.equ EXIT,   1     @ Linux syscall
.equ WRITE,  4     @ Linux syscall
 
/*********************************/
/* Initialized data              */
/*********************************/
.data
szMessResult:      .ascii ""                    @ message result
sMessValeur:       .fill 11, 1, ' '
szMessComma:       .asciz ","
szCarriageReturn:  .asciz "\n"
/*********************************/
/* UnInitialized data            */
/*********************************/
.bss 
/*********************************/
/*  code section                 */
/*********************************/
.text
.global main 
main:                                       @ entry of program 
    mov r4,#1                               @ loop counter
1:                                          @ begin loop 
    mov r0,r4
    ldr r1,iAdrsMessValeur                  @ display value
    bl conversion10                         @ decimal conversion
    ldr r0,iAdrszMessResult
    bl affichageMess                        @ display message
    ldr r0,iAdrszMessComma
    bl affichageMess                        @ display comma
    add r4,#1                               @ increment counter
    cmp r4,#10                              @ end ?
    blt 1b                                  @ no ->begin loop one
    mov r0,r4
    ldr r1,iAdrsMessValeur                  @ display value
    bl conversion10                         @ decimal conversion
    ldr r0,iAdrszMessResult
    bl affichageMess                        @ display message
    ldr r0,iAdrszCarriageReturn
    bl affichageMess                        @ display return line
 
100:                                        @ standard end of the program 
    mov r0, #0                              @ return code
    mov r7, #EXIT                           @ request to exit program
    svc #0                                  @ perform the system call
 
iAdrsMessValeur:          .int sMessValeur
iAdrszMessResult:         .int szMessResult
iAdrszMessComma:          .int szMessComma
iAdrszCarriageReturn:     .int szCarriageReturn
/******************************************************************/
/*     display text with size calculation                         */ 
/******************************************************************/
/* r0 contains the address of the message */
affichageMess:
    push {r0,r1,r2,r7,lr}                   @ save  registres
    mov r2,#0                               @ counter length 
1:                                          @ loop length calculation 
    ldrb r1,[r0,r2]                         @ read octet start position + index 
    cmp r1,#0                               @ if 0 its over 
    addne r2,r2,#1                          @ else add 1 in the length 
    bne 1b                                  @ and loop 
                                            @ so here r2 contains the length of the message 
    mov r1,r0                               @ address message in r1 
    mov r0,#STDOUT                          @ code to write to the standard output Linux 
    mov r7, #WRITE                          @ code call system "write" 
    svc #0                                  @ call systeme 
    pop {r0,r1,r2,r7,lr}                    @ restaur registers */ 
    bx lr                                   @ return  
/******************************************************************/
/*     Converting a register to a decimal                                 */ 
/******************************************************************/
/* r0 contains value and r1 address area   */
.equ LGZONECAL,   10
conversion10:
    push {r1-r4,lr}                         @ save registers 
    mov r3,r1
    mov r2,#LGZONECAL
 
1:                                          @ start loop
    bl divisionpar10                        @ r0 <- dividende. quotient ->r0 reste -> r1
    add r1,#48                              @ digit
    strb r1,[r3,r2]                         @ store digit on area
    sub r2,#1                               @ previous position
    cmp r0,#0                               @ stop if quotient = 0 
    bne 1b                                  @ else loop
                                            @ end replaces digit in front of area
    mov r4,#0
2:
    ldrb r1,[r3,r2] 
    strb r1,[r3,r4]                         @ store in area begin
    add r4,#1
    add r2,#1                               @ previous position
    cmp r2,#LGZONECAL                       @ end
    ble 2b                                  @ loop
    mov r1,#0                               @ final zero 
    strb r1,[r3,r4]
100:
    pop {r1-r4,lr}                          @ restaur registres 
    bx lr                                   @return
/***************************************************/
/*   division par 10   signé                       */
/* Thanks to http://thinkingeek.com/arm-assembler-raspberry-pi/*  
/* and   http://www.hackersdelight.org/            */
/***************************************************/
/* r0 dividende   */
/* r0 quotient */	
/* r1 remainder  */
divisionpar10:	
  /* r0 contains the argument to be divided by 10 */
    push {r2-r4}                           @ save registers  */
    mov r4,r0  
    mov r3,#0x6667                         @ r3 <- magic_number  lower
    movt r3,#0x6666                        @ r3 <- magic_number  upper
    smull r1, r2, r3, r0                   @ r1 <- Lower32Bits(r1*r0). r2 <- Upper32Bits(r1*r0) 
    mov r2, r2, ASR #2                     @ r2 <- r2 >> 2
    mov r1, r0, LSR #31                    @ r1 <- r0 >> 31
    add r0, r2, r1                         @ r0 <- r2 + r1 
    add r2,r0,r0, lsl #2                   @ r2 <- r0 * 5 
    sub r1,r4,r2, lsl #1                   @ r1 <- r4 - (r2 * 2)  = r4 - (r0 * 10)
    pop {r2-r4}
    bx lr                                  @ return
 
 