;8086 program to convert a 16 bit decimal number to octal .MODEL SMALL .STACK 100H .DATA d1 dw 16 .CODE MAIN PROC FAR MOV AX, @DATA MOV DS, AX ;load the value stored; in variable d1 mov ax, d1 ;convert the value to octal; print the value CALL PRINT ;interrupt to exit MOV AH, 4CH INT 21H MAIN ENDP PRINT PROC ;initialize count mov cx, 0 mov dx, 0 label1:; if ax is zero cmp ax, 0 je print1 ;initialize bx to 8 mov bx, 8 ;divide it by 8; to convert it to octal div bx ;push it in the stack push dx ;increment the count inc cx ;set dx to 0 xor dx, dx jmp label1 print1: ;check if count ;is greater than zero cmp cx, 0 je exit ;pop the top of stack pop dx ;add 48 so that it ;represents the ASCII ;value of digits add dx, 48 ;interrupt to print a ;character mov ah, 02h int 21h ;decrease the count dec cx jmp print1 exit : ret PRINT ENDP END MAIN
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Assembly language(asm) is a low-level programming language, where the language instructions will be more similar to machine code instructions.
Every assembler may have it's own assembly language designed for a specific computers or an operating system.
Assembly language requires less execution time and memory. It is more helful for direct hardware manipulation, real-time critical applications. It is used in device drivers, low-level embedded systems etc.
Assembly language usually consists of three sections,
Data section
To initialize variables and constants, buffer size these values doesn't change at runtime.
bss section
To declare variables
text section
_start
specifies the starting of this section where the actually code is written.
There are various define directives to allocate space for variables for both initialized and uninitialized data.
variable-name define-directive initial-value
Define Directive | Description | Allocated Space |
---|---|---|
DB | Define Byte | 1 byte |
DW | Define Word | 2 bytes |
DD | Define Doubleword | 4 bytes |
DQ | Define Quadword | 8 bytes |
DT | Define Ten Bytes | 10 bytes |
Define Directive | Description |
---|---|
RESB | Reserve a Byte |
RESW | Reserve a Word |
RESD | Reserve a Doubleword |
RESQ | Reserve a Quadword |
REST | Reserve a Ten Bytes |
Constants can be defined using
CONSTANT_NAME EQU regular-exp or value
%assign constant_name value
%define constant_name value
Loops are used to iterate a set of statements for a specific number of times.
mov ECX,n
L1:
;<loop body>
loop L1
where n specifies the no of times loops should iterate.
Procedure is a sub-routine which contains set of statements. Usually procedures are written when multiple calls are required to same set of statements which increases re-usuability and modularity.
procedure_name:
;procedure body
ret