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Assembly Code for Number Sign Check

The document presents two methods in assembly language to determine if a given number is positive or negative. Method 1 uses rotate instructions to check the most significant bit, while Method 2 employs the test instruction to evaluate the sign flag. Both methods display corresponding messages based on the number's sign.

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Assembly Code for Number Sign Check

The document presents two methods in assembly language to determine if a given number is positive or negative. Method 1 uses rotate instructions to check the most significant bit, while Method 2 employs the test instruction to evaluate the sign flag. Both methods display corresponding messages based on the number's sign.

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Method 1:Use rotate instructions to check the given number is positive or negative.

.model small
.stack 100h
.data
msg_pos db 'The number is Positive.$'
msg_neg db 'The number is Negative.$'
.code
main:
mov ax, @data
mov ds, ax

mov al, -8 ; Load a number to check (you can change this)

; Rotate MSB into Carry Flag


rol al, 1 ; MSB -> CF, AL is rotated left by 1 bit
; Now CF = original MSB

jc is_negative ; If CF = 1 (i.e., original MSB = 1), it's negative

is_positive:
lea dx, msg_pos
mov ah, 09h
int 21h
jmp exit

is_negative:
lea dx, msg_neg
mov ah, 09h
int 21h

exit:
mov ah, 4ch
int 21h
end main

Methode 2: Using Test instruction

.model small
.stack 100h
.data
msg_pos db 'The number is Positive.$'
msg_neg db 'The number is Negative.$'
.code
main:
mov ax, @data ; Initialize data segment
mov ds, ax

mov al, -5 ; Load a number to test (you can change this value)

; Check sign of AL
test al, al ; Sets flags based on AL (including Sign flag)
jns is_positive ; Jump if Sign Flag = 0 (i.e., number is positive)

is_negative:
lea dx, msg_neg
mov ah, 09h
int 21h
jmp exit

is_positive:
lea dx, msg_pos
mov ah, 09h
int 21h

exit:
mov ah, 4ch
int 21h
end main

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