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or this tutorial content contains some errors, please contact us at webmaster@tutorialspoint.comBinary Arithmetic ...................................................................................... 10
Addressing Data in Memory ..................................................................... 11 Assembly Environment Setup ................................................ 13Installing NASM ........................................................................................ 13
Assembly Basic Syntax .......................................................... 15The data Section ...................................................................................... 15
The bss Section ....................................................................................... 15
The text section ........................................................................................ 15
Comments ................................................................................................ 15
Assembly Language Statements .............................................................. 16 Syntax of Assembly Language Statements .............................................. 16 The Hello World Program in Assembly..................................................... 16 Compiling and Linking an Assembly Program in NASM ........................... 17 Assembly Memory Segments ................................................. 18Memory Segments ................................................................................... 18
Assembly Registers ............................................................... 20Processor Registers ................................................................................. 20
Data Registers ......................................................................................... 20
Pointer Registers ...................................................................................... 21
Index Registers ........................................................................................ 21
Control Registers ..................................................................................... 22
Segment Registers ................................................................................... 22
Example: .................................................................................................. 23
Assembly System Calls .......................................................... 24Linux System Calls ................................................................................... 24
Example ................................................................................................... 25
Addressing Modes ................................................................. 27Register Addressing ................................................................................. 27
Immediate Addressing.............................................................................. 27
Direct Memory Addressing ....................................................................... 28Direct-Offset Addressing .......................................................................... 28
Indirect Memory Addressing ..................................................................... 28The MOV Instruction ................................................................................ 28
SYNTAX: .................................................................................................. 28
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 29
Assembly Variables ............................................................... 31 Allocating Storage Space for Initialized Data ........................................... 31 Allocating Storage Space for Uninitialized Data ....................................... 32Multiple Definitions ................................................................................... 32
Multiple Initializations ............................................................................... 33
Assembly Constants .............................................................. 34The EQU Directive ................................................................................... 34
Example: .................................................................................................. 34
The %assign Directive.............................................................................. 35
The %define Directive .............................................................................. 35
Arithmetic Instructions ............................................................ 37SYNTAX: ................................................................................................. 37
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 37
The DEC Instruction ................................................................................. 37
SYNTAX: ................................................................................................. 37
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 37
The ADD and SUB Instructions ................................................................ 38SYNTAX: .................................................................................................. 38
EXAMPLE: ............................................................................................... 38
The MUL/IMUL Instruction ....................................................................... 40SYNTAX: .................................................................................................. 40
EXAMPLE: ............................................................................................... 41
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 41
The DIV/IDIV Instructions ......................................................................... 42
SYNTAX: ................................................................................................. 42
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 43
Logical Instructions ................................................................ 45The AND Instruction ................................................................................. 45
Example: .................................................................................................. 46
The OR Instruction ................................................................................... 46
Example: .................................................................................................. 47
The XOR Instruction ................................................................................. 47
The TEST Instruction ............................................................................... 48
The NOT Instruction ................................................................................. 48
Assembly Conditions.............................................................. 49The CMP Instruction................................................................................. 49
SYNTAX ................................................................................................... 49
EXAMPLE: ............................................................................................... 49
Unconditional Jump .................................................................................. 50
SYNTAX: .................................................................................................. 50
EXAMPLE: ............................................................................................... 50
Conditional Jump ..................................................................................... 50
Example: .................................................................................................. 51
Assembly Loops ..................................................................... 53Example: .................................................................................................. 53
Assembly Numbers ................................................................ 55ASCII Representation............................................................................... 56
BCD Representation ................................................................................ 57
Example: .................................................................................................. 57
Assembly Strings ................................................................... 59String Instructions .................................................................................... 59
MOVS....................................................................................................... 60
LODS ....................................................................................................... 61
CMPS ....................................................................................................... 62
SCAS ....................................................................................................... 63
Repetition Prefixes ................................................................................... 64
Assembly Arrays .................................................................... 65Example: .................................................................................................. 66
Assembly Procedures ............................................................ 67Syntax: ..................................................................................................... 67
Example: .................................................................................................. 67
Stacks Data Structure: ............................................................................. 68
EXAMPLE: .............................................................................................. 69
Assembly Recursion .............................................................. 70 Assembly Macros ................................................................... 72Example: .................................................................................................. 73
Assembly File Management ................................................... 74File Descriptor .......................................................................................... 74
File Pointer ............................................................................................... 74
File Handling System Calls ...................................................................... 74
Opening an Existing File .......................................................................... 75
Reading from a File .................................................................................. 75
Writing to a File ........................................................................................ 76
Closing a File ........................................................................................... 76
Updating a File ......................................................................................... 76
Example: .................................................................................................. 77
Memory Management ............................................................ 79Example: .................................................................................................. 79