Question

Using the college registration example from section 6.7.3 as a starting point, do the following:

Recode the logic using cmp and conditional jump instructions (instead of the .if and .elseif directives).
Perform range checking on the credits value; it cannot be less than 1 or greater than 30. if an invalid entry is discovered, display an appropriate error message.
Prompt the user for the grade average and credits values.
Display a message that shows the outcome of the evaluation, such as "the student can register" or "the student cannot register".

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

NCLUDE Irvine32.inc

TRUE = 1

FALSE = 0

.data

gradeAverage WORD ?

credits WORD ?

oKToRegister BYTE ?

str1 BYTE "Error: Credits must be between 1 and 30" , 0dh,0ah,0

main PROC

call CheckRegs

exit

main ENDP

CheckRegs PROC

push edx

mov OkToRegister,FALSE

; Check credits for valid range 1-30

cmp credits,1 ; credits < 1?

jb E1

cmp credits,30 ; credits > 30?

ja E1

jmp L1 ; credits are ok

; Display error message: credits out of range

E1:

mov edx,OFFSET str1

call WriteString

jmp L4

L1:

cmp gradeAverage,350 ; if gradeAverage > 350

jna L2

mov OkToRegister,TRUE ; OkToRegister = TRUE

jmp L4

L2:

cmp gradeAverage,250 ; elseif gradeAverage > 250

jna L3

cmp credits,16 ; && credits <= 16

jnbe L3

mov OkToRegister,TRUE ; OKToRegister = TRUE

jmp L4

L3:

cmp credits,12 ; elseif credits <= 12

ja L4

mov OkToRegister,TRUE ; OKToRegister = TRUE

L4:

pop edx ; endif

ret

CheckRegs ENDP

END main