Answer to Question #158964 in Assembler for Fareeha Nadeem

Question

Generate a program to proof that the square root of 30 is 900 using NASM Simulator (DOSBox), Briefly explain the steps of your program execution.

Answer 1

; ml p.asm

.model small

.stack 64h

.data

           msg db "The square root of 900 is 30", 13,10,'$'

 

.code

           mov ax, @data

           mov ds, ax

 

           mov bx, 30     ; bx=30

           mov ax, 900   ; al=900

           div bl              ; result = 900/30

           cmp ax, bx      ; compare result and bx=30

           jnz final          ; if square root of 900 !=30

                                   ; else

           lea dx, msg     ; "The square root of 900 is 30"

           mov ah, 09h   ; print string

           int 21h

 

final:

           mov ah, 04ch ; exit

           int 21h

end