length of string in alp code example
Example: alp to find length of a string
.model small ;defines the memory model to be used for the ALP
.data ;data segment begins here
msg1 db 10d,13d,"Enter a string: $" ;String gets stored in msg1
msg2 db 10d,13d,"Entered String: $" ;String gets stored in msg2
arr db 0Bh dup(0) ;array declaration & initialising with 0
len db 00h ;variable initialisation with 0
msg3 db 10d,13d,"Length: $" ;String gets stored in msg3
.code ;code segment begins here
mov ax,@data ;ax now has address of data segment
mov ds,ax ;ds now stores the contents of ax
lea dx,msg1 ;load the offset address of msg1
mov ah,09h ;display the contents of dx
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
lea si,arr ;load the offset address of arr
l1: mov ah,01h ;read into ah
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
cmp al,0Dh ;Comparing the al contents with 0DH(Enter Key)
jz l2 ;jump to l2 label
mov [si],al ;copy contents of al into si
inc si ;increment si to point to next address
inc len ;increment len variable
jmp l1
l2: mov al,24h ;
mov [si],al ;si now has contents of al
lea dx,msg2 ;load the offset address of msg2
mov ah,09h ;display the contents of dx
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
lea dx,arr ;load the offset address of arr
mov ah,09h ;display the contents of dx
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
lea dx,msg3 ;load the offset address of msg3
mov ah,09h ;display the contents of dx
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
cmp len,09h ;compare the len with 09H
jbe l3 ;jump to label l3
add len,07h ;add 07H to len
l3: add len,30h ;add 30H to len
mov dl,len ;copy the contents of len into dl
mov ah,02h ;display contents of dx
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
mov ah,4Ch ;to terminate the program
int 21h ;Call the Kernel
end ;end label