I have code that I know works (it was from my professor) but I don't really understand where I 'm supposed to see the program output. I see the registers changing and such (not that I follow it completely) but the program is supposed to ask the user to input a value and I see no way that it is doing this. There is no window popping up to ask me for a value, and QtSpim seems to just be sitting there. I hit run, and step through, but nothing happens.
Here is the code:
# Sample spim program
#
.data
prompt: .asciiz "Enter in an integer: "
str1: .asciiz "the answer is: "
newline: .asciiz "\n"
bye: .asciiz "Goodbye!\n"
.globl main
.text
main:
# initialize
li $s0, 10
# prompt for input
li $v0, 4
la $a0, prompt
syscall
# read in the value
li $v0, 5
syscall
move $s0, $v0
loop:
# print str1
li $v0, 4
la $a0, str1
syscall
# print loop value
li $v0, 1
move $a0, $s0
syscall
# print newline
li $v0, 4
la $a0, newline
syscall
# decrement loop value and branch if not negative
sub $s0, $s0, 1
bgez $s0, loop
# print goodbye message
li $v0, 4
la $a0, bye
syscall
jr $ra # retrun to caller
Screenshot of my QtSpim. Lower left hand corner says 'Running'.. but where?
There should have been a second window opened by default with the title "Console". If it didn't show up, or you accidentally closed it, you can open it up again by checking the Console option in the Window menu.