Department of
Computer Science and Engineering
Title: Implementation of conditional statement
using assembly language.
Assembly Programming Lab
CSE 3106
Jashore University of Science and Technology
Table 1: Jump Instructions
Opcode Description Flag
JA Jump IF above CF=0 and ZF=0
JAE Jump IF above or equal CF=0
JB Jump IF below CF
JBE Jump IF below or equal CF or ZF
JC Jump IF carry CF
JE Jump IF equal ZF
JG/JGE Jump IF greater/Greater than equal ZF=0 and SF=OF
JL/JLE Jump IF Less/Less than equal SF!=OF
1 Objective(s)
• The main objective of this topic is to implement basic conditional statements in assembly language.
2 Problem analysis
To execute conditional operations, CPU checks the state of flag registers. Flag registers basically reflect what
was the result of the last thing that CPU did. Decision is being made based on the status of various flag
registers. Based on the flag register we can execute a certain portion or can execute different portion of our
program. Just like if-else condition in high level language. This jump can be either conditional or unconditional.
Unconditional jump may take place by JMP instruction. For conditional branching, CMP instruction can be
used.
Syntax: CMP destination, source
Example:
CMP DX, 00 ; Compare the DX value with zero
JE L7 ; If yes, then jump to label L7
.
.
L7:
For conditional branching, various instructions are used other than JE. JNE/JNZ stands for Jump not Equal
or Jump Not Zero, JG/JNLE stands for Jump Greater or Jump Not Less/Equal, JGE/JNL stands for Jump
Greater/Equal or Jump Not Less [Link] your reference book for more branching instructions. Table 1.
shows different jump instructions that are used in assembly language. It also depicts description of
instructions and corresponding flag registers.
3 Printing two characters in alphabetic order using assembly lan-
guage
1 .MODEL SMALL
2 .STACK 100H
3
4 .DATA
5 msg_1 DB ’Enter the first capital letter : $’;message 1
6 msg_2 DB ’Enter the second capital letter : $’;message 2
7 msg_3 DB ’The given capital letters in alphabetical order are : $’;message
3
8 NEXT DB 0DH,0AH,"$"
9
10 .CODE
11 MAIN PROC
12 MOV AX, @DATA
13 MOV DS, AX
14
15 MOV AH, 9 ; set string output function
16
17 LEA DX, NEXT ; Next line
18 INT 21H
19
20 LEA DX, msg_1 ; display message 1
21 INT 21H
22
23 MOV AH, 1 ; set input function
24 INT 21H ; read first character
25
26 MOV BL, AL ; save first character into BL
27
28 MOV AH, 9 ; set string output function
29
30 LEA DX, NEXT ; new line
31 INT 21H
32
33 LEA DX, msg_2 ; message 2
34 INT 21H
35
36 MOV AH, 1 ; set input function
37 INT 21H ; read second character
38
39 MOV BH, AL ; save second character into BH
40
41 MOV AH, 9 ; set string output function
42
43 LEA DX, NEXT ; next line
44 INT 21H
45
46 LEA DX, msg_3 ; message3
47 INT 21H
48
49 MOV AH, 2 ; set output function
50
51 CMP BL, BH
52
53 JAE Larger_
54 MOV DL, BL
55 INT 21H
56
57 MOV DL, BH
58 INT 21H
59
60 JMP _END
61
62 Larger_:
63 MOV DL, BH
64 INT 21H
65
66 MOV DL, BL
67 INT 21H
68
69 _END:
70
71 MOV AH, 4CH
72 INT 21H
73 MAIN ENDP
74 END MAIN
4 Input/Output
Output of the program is given below.
Enter the first capital letter: H
Enter the second capital letter: A
The given capital letters in alphabetical order
are :AH
5 Discussion & Conclusion
Based on the focused objective(s) to understand about the conditional statements in assembly language and
the additional lab exercise made me more confident towards the fulfilment of the objectives(s).
6 Lab Task (Please implement yourself and show the output to the
instructor)
1. Print two characters in reverse alphabetic order using assembly language.
2. Take a number from user, print whether the given number is odd or even.
3. Find out the largest number between two numbers using assembly language.
7 Lab Exercise (Submit as a report)
• Take a character input from user, check whether the given character is vowel or not (a,e,i,o,u).
• Take input from user, you have to find out whether the given input is alphabet or digit.
• Take a number input from user, check whether the given number is divisible by 5 or not.
8 Policy
Copying from internet, classmate, seniors, or from any other source is strongly prohibited. 100% marks will be
deducted if any such copying is detected.
