chaning a .data value in mips code example

Example: changing values in .data mips

.data
   globalVariable:  .word  10

.text

   #access
   lw $a0, globalVariable 

   #modify
   la $a0, globalVariable #get address
   li $a1, 11 #new value
   sw $a1 0($a0) #save new value

   lw $a2, globalVariable  #get new value