C Programming Lab

SECTION 1 C PROGRAMMING LAB

Structure Page No.
1.0 Introduction 5
1.1 Objectives 5
1.2 General Guidelines 5
1.3 Salient Features of C 6
1.4 C Programming Using Borland Compiler 7
1.5 Using C with UNIX 9
1.6 Running C Programs using MS Visual C++ 10
1.7 Program Development Life Cycle 15
1.8 List of Lab Assignments – Session wise 20

1.0 INTRODUCTION
This is the lab course, wherein you will have the hands on experience. You have
studied the support course material (MCS-011 Problem solving and programming). In
this part, C programming under DOS, UNIX and WINDOWS environments are
provided illustratively. A list of programming problems is also provided at the end of
each session. Please go through the general guidelines and the program documentation
guidelines carefully.

1.1 OBJECTIVES
After completing this lab course you will be able to:
x develop the logic for a given problem ;
x write the algorithm;
x draw a flow chart;
x recognize and understand the syntax and construction of C code;
x gain experience of procedural language programming;
x know the steps involved in compiling, linking and debugging C code;
x understand using header files;
x make use of different data-structures like arrays, pointers, structures and files;
x understand how to access and use library functions;
x understand function declaration and definition;
x feel more confident about writing your own functions;
x be able to write some simple output on the screen as well as in the files;
x be able to write some complex programs;
x be able to apply all the concepts that have been covered in the theory course; and
x know the alternative ways of providing solution to a given problem.

1.2 GENERAL GUIDELINES

x You should attempt all problems/assignments given in the list session wise.

x You may seek assistance in doing the lab exercises from the concerned lab
instructor. Since the assignments have credits, the lab instructor is obviously not
expected to tell you how to solve these, but you may ask questions concerning the
C language or a technical problem.

x For each program you should add comments (i.e. text between /* ... */ delimiters)
above each function in the code, including the main function. This should also
include a description of the function written, the purpose of the function, meaning
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These descriptions should be placed in the comment block immediately above the
relevant function source code.

x The comment block above the main function should describe the purpose of the
program. Proper comments are to be provide where and when necessary in the
programming.

x The program written for the problem given should conform to the ANSI standard
for the C language.

x The program should be interactive, general and properly documented with real
Input/ Output data.

x If two or more submissions from different students appear to be of the same origin
(i.e. are variants of essentially the same program), none of them will be counted.
You are strongly advised not to copy somebody else's work.

x It is your responsibility to create a separate directory to store all the programs, so

that nobody else can read or copy.

x Observation book and Lab record are compulsory.

x The list of the programs(list of programs given at the end, session-wise) is

available to you in this lab manual. For each session, you must come prepare with
the algorithms and the programs written in the Observation Book. You should
utilize the lab hours for executing the programs, testing for various desired outputs
and enhancements of the programs.

x As soon as you have finished a lab exercise, contact one of the lab instructor /
incharge in order to get the exercise evaluated and also get the signature from
him/her on the Observation book.

x Completed lab assignments should be submitted in the form of a Lab Record in

which you have to write the algorithm, program code along with comments and
output for various inputs given.

x The total no. of lab sessions (3 hours each) are 10 and the list of assignments is
provided session-wise. It is important to observe the deadline given for each
assignment.

1.3 SALIENT FEATURES OF C

We briefly list some of C’s characteristics that define the language and also have lead
to its popularity as a programming language. Naturally, we studied many of these
aspects throughout the MCS-011 Problem Solving and Programming course.

x Small size
x Extensive use of function calls
x Structured language
x Low level (BitWise) programming readily available
x Pointer implementation - extensive use of pointers for memory, array, structures
and functions.
x It has high-level constructs.
x It can handle low-level activities.
x It produces efficient programs.
x It can be compiled on a variety of computers.

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1.4 C PROGRAMMING USING BORLAND
COMPILER
C using Borland C/C++ Compiler
Some of you may be using the Borland C/C++ compiler during the lab sessions under
MS-DOS connecting through Windows. Whilst C++ is a different programming
language to C, it is in fact a superset of C i.e. almost everything that C provides, C++
provides too, and more besides. Therefore we can use Borland C++ to compile our C
programs.

To start Borland C/C++

Click the Start button in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The Start menu
pops up. Select Programs from the Start menu. Select Borland C/C++ from the
Programs menu. Select Borland C/C++ from the Borland C++ menu. In summary
the steps to launching Borland C/C++ are:
Start--->Programs--->Borland C++--->Borland C++
You should now see the main window for the C/C++ development environment.

Editing a Program
We can create a program by entering text that corresponds to C statements into a file.

Setting Directories
Before you proceed, make sure that the directory settings for Borland C/C++ are
correct. This can be done as follows:
Select Options from the menu and then select Project from the Options pull-down
menu. This will display the Project Options dialog box. In the Topics area, click on
Directories. On the right-hand side of the window you will see the Directories listed.
Ensure that the information in each of the fields is as given below – if it is incorrect,
modify it accordingly.

Source Directories
Include c:\ bc5\include
Library c:\ bc5\lib
Source Leave this field BLANK
Click on OK to continue.

Creating hello.c

x Select File from the menu and then select New from the file menu. The first thing
that you should do is give the program a name, hello.c:
x Select File from the menu
x Select Save as from the File drop-down menu
x In the Drives drop-down list box, click on the down arrow to open up the list box.
x Scroll through the list to select the drive and click on it.
x Click on the File Name: field and type hello.c
x (Make sure the file name has the .C extension only. It should not have a .CPP
extension. If it does change it to .C, or it won’t run properly)
x Click on the OK button to continue.
x Now type the hello.c program exactly as you wrote in the lab observation book.
x Remember that it is good practice to save your programs periodically. You can do
this as follows:
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x Select File from the menu.
x Select Save from the File drop-down menu.

Compiling a Program
When you have finished typing in the program, you should compile it as follows:
Select Project from the menu
Select Compile from the project drop-down menu.

An attempt will be made to compile your program. If there are errors, they will be
reported in the message window. You should use the information provided to help you
fix the problems and then recompile the program.

Running a Program
If you have successfully compiled your program you can now link and run it as
follows:

x Select Debug from the menu

x Select Run from the Debug drop-down menu.

First, an attempt will be made to link your program. If there are errors, they will be
reported in the message window. You should use the information provided to help you
fix the problems and then recompile and link the program.

Your program now runs. The output from the program will be displayed in a separate
window. (If the screen displays a black output window for a split second and the
window then disappears it means you did not set the Target Output type before you
compiled your program).

To switch between the edit window and the output window, simply click on the
window that you want to activate.

To close the output window, point to the icon in the top left-hand corner and double-
click on it.

ALT+F9 (Short cut for Compile and Link)

As you become more familiar with the Borland C/C++ development environment, you
will realize that it is possible to combine steps such as compile and link into a single
step such as build all. There are also key combinations that can be used instead of
selecting from menus (e.g. Alt+F9 compiles the program). You should spend some
time familiarizing yourself with the Borland C/C++ development environment.

To close the hello.c file, double click on the icon in the top left-hand corner of the
hello.c edit window.

To Quit from Borland C/C++ compiler

To exit from Borland C/C++:

x Select File from the menu

x Select Exit from the File drop-down menu

Minimum hardware requirements for Borland C/C++ Compiler

This Borland C/C++ compiler has a command line interface. You must run it from the
DOS prompt. It has no Graphical User Interface like the version we use in the Labs.
What you are getting for free is not a good Graphical Interface we use in the labs. You
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get just the compiler, which is full spec, but you must drive it from the command line.
To run the free C/C++ Compiler, your computer must meet the following
specifications:
x PC with a Pentium processor, 90 MHz or higher (P166 recommended)
x Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 (or later)
x Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 (included on CD ROM)
x VGA or higher-resolution monitor; Super VGA recommended
x Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
x 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
x Disk space required for installation: 50 MB.

1.5 USING C WITH UNIX

A little knowledge of UNIX operating system and commands is necessary before you
can write and compile programs on the UNIX system. Every programmer goes
through the same three-step cycle.
1. Writing the program into a file
2. Compiling the program
3. Running the program.

During program development, the programmer may repeat this cycle many times,
refining, testing and debugging a program until a satisfactory result is achieved. The
UNIX commands for each step are discussed below.

Writing the Program

UNIX expects you to store your program in a file whose name ends in .c. This
identifies it as a C program. The easiest way to enter your text is using a text editor
like vi, emacs or xedit. To edit a file called testprog.c using vi type
vi testprog.c

The editor is also used to make subsequent changes to the program.

Compiling the Program

There are a number of ways to achieve this, though all of them eventually rely on the
compiler (called cc on our system).

The C Compiler (cc)

The simplest method is to type
cc testprog.c

This will try to compile testprog.c, and, if successful, will produce a runnable file
called a.out. If you want to give the runnable file a better name you can type
cc testprog.c -o testprog
This will compile testprog.c, creating runnable file testprog.

Running the Program

To run a program under UNIX you simply type in the filename. So to run program
testprog, you would type
testprog
or if this fails to work, you could type
./testprog
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1.6 RUNNING C PROGRAM USING MS-VISUAL
C++
Visual C++ is one of the most powerful and popular general-purpose programming
languages. It is an extension of C / C++ programming language. Microsoft’s Visual
C++ is an Integrated Development Environment, or IDE. Microsoft Visual C++ has
always been one of the most comprehensive and sophisticated software development
environments available.

It has consistently provided a high level of programming power and convenience,

while offering a diverse set of tools designed to suit almost every programming style.

Starting Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

1. On desktop, click on the Start button.

2. Select Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 option.

3. Select Microsoft Visual C++6.0 option.

You will see the main screen (figure 1.1).

Figure 1.1

4. Click Close.

5. After that you can see the blank interface like figure 1.2.

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Figure 1.2

6. In the main screen select File menu, then click New. The New dialog box appears.

You can see the screen like figure 1.3

Figure 1.3

7. Select File at the new dialog box. Then, select C++ Source File and click OK.
The screen in figure 1.4 will appear.

A blank text editor window (code window will appears).

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Figure 1.4
Creating a program
1. Type your C source code in the text window as follows.

Figure 1.5
Save a program
1. From the menu bar, select File and then select Save As.
2. Select the appropriate directory .In lab session, we will save all our exercise in
Directory desktop. So select save in Desktop.
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3. Type the name of the program file
C program
Example: program1.c

You must save all source code in C extension (means that, all in .c). Click Save button.

Compiling a program
1. From the menu bar select Built and then select Compile program1.c or just click
icon compile. See below figure1.6

Compile
icon

Figure 1.6

You will get message that request you to need a workspace, so just answer Yes to
the question. Visual C++ will create default workspace and then build your code.
This will produce a .obj program file. It does not have proper link with the
library (built-in library) yet.

If there are any program errors or warning messages, visual C++ will display
them in the message window (shown in figure 1.7 below). If there are no errors
or warnings, you can execute your program.

workspace

Message
window
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Executing (build) a program

1. From the menu bar, select Build and then select Build program1.exe. Or you can
Click build icon. See below figure 1.8

Figure 1.8

2. Now, the program code changes to .exe files extension. This extension you can
see at message window as shown in the figure 1.9.

Figure 1.9

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Running a program
1. From the menu bar, select Build and then select Execute program.exe. or you
can click execute program icon .See below figure 1.10

Figure 1.10

2. Now, output will appear as shown in the figure 1.11. The output screen contains
the printed results. Press any key to return to the program.

Figure 1.11

Let us see the steps involved in the program development life cycle.

1.7 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE

The four steps in the program development life cycle:
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x Design algorithm
x Draw flowchart
x Program coding
x Testing for various inputs

Example 1
Represent the complete steps in the program development life cycle that reads the
number of letter grades A, B, C, D and F for a student. The program will compute and
print the student’s grade point average. It should then determine and print the
student’s academic standing (like high honors, honors, satisfactory, or probation)
according to the following table:

Grade Point Average Academic Standing

3.51 - 4.00 High Honors
3.00 - 3.50 Honors
2.00 - 2.99 Satisfactory
Less than 2.00 Probation

Note: In computing grade point average, assume that the weight of letter grade
A is 4, B is 3, C is 2, D is 1 and f is 0.

Step 1: Design the algorithm / pseudocode for the given problem

Print “Please enter your number of subject that your taken last semester”

Set CorrectStatusInput “no”

Print “Enter the number of grade A”
Read number_of_ A
Print “Enter the number of grade B”
Read number_ of_B
Print “Enter the number of grade C”
Read number_of_C
Print “Enter the number of grade D”
Read number_of_D
Print “Enter the number of grade F”
Read number_of_F
Compute Total_subject = number of grade A + number of grade B + number
of grade C + number of grade D + number of grade F
while CorrectStatusInput “no” and Total_subject < =0
begin
print “Enter number of grade A”
read number of A
print “Enter number of grade B”
read number of B
print “Enter number of grade C”
read number of C
print “Enter number of grade D”
read number of D
print “Enter number of grade F”
read number of F

if (number_of_A greater than and equal 0 and number_of_B greater

than and equal 0 and number_of_C greater than and equal 0 and
number_of_ D greater than and equal 0 and number_of_F greater
than 0) and ( Total_subject >0)

set CorrectStatusInput “yes”

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end if
end
end while

compute Total_point = number of grade A * 4 + number of grade B *3 +

number of grade C*2 + number of grade D *1 +
number of grade F *0

compute Total_average = Total point / Total subject

print Total_average
if Total_ average less than 2
print “ Your academic standing is Probation”
else
if Total_average less than 3
print “ Your academic standing is Satisfactory”
else
if Total_average less than or equal 3.5
print “ Your academic standing is Honors”
else
if Total_average less than or equal 4.00
print “ Your academic standing is High Honors”
end_if
end_if
end_if
end_if

Step 2: Design a flowchart based on the algorithm.

START

Print (“ please enter your number of

subject that your taken this semester ”)

Print (“ Enter number of grade A :”)

Read (num_A
Print (“ Enter number of grade B :”)
Read num_B
Print (“ Enter number of grade C :”)
Read num_C
Print (“ Enter number of grade D :”)
Read num_D
Print (“ Enter number of grade F’s :”)
Read num_F

Total_subject = num_A + num_B, num_C

+ num_D+ num_F

A
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T
If (( (num_A < 0) or (num_B<0) or (num_C<0) or
(num D <0) or (num F0) ) or (Total subject<=0))

Total_point = (num_A* 4)+ (num_B*3) (num_C*2)

+(num_D*1)+( num_F*0)

GPA =Total_point /Total_subject

Print (“ Your grade point average

is ?“, GPA)

If Print (“Your academic

(GPA T standing is Probation”)

If
(GPA <3)
F
T Print (“Your academic
standing is Satisfactory”)

If F
(GPA <=3.5)
Print (“Your academic
T standing is Honors”)

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If
(GPA <=4.00)

Print (“Your academic standing

is High Honors”)
F

T
C

STOP

Step 3: Translate the flowchart to C source code.

/* Program to computer and print the grade point average */

#include <stdio.h>

main()

int num_A,num_B,num_C,num_D,num_F; /* Variables declaration part*/

int total_subject;
int total_point ;
float GPA;

do {
printf(" \tThis is for calculate your GPA \n");
printf("Enter number of grade A : ");
scanf ("%d", &num_A);

printf("Enter number of grade B : ");

scanf ("%d", &num_B);

printf("Enter number of grade C : ");

scanf ("%d", &num_C);

printf("Enter number of grade D : ");

scanf ("%d", &num_D);

printf("Enter number of grade F : ");

scanf ("%d", &num_F);

/* calculation of the total */

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total_subject = num_A + num_B + num_C + num_D + num_F;

{
if (((num_A <0) || (num_B <0)||(num_C<0)||(num_D <0)||(num_F
<0))||(total_subject <=0))
printf (" you should enter your number that you having take again\n");
}
} while (((num_A <0) || (num_B <0)||(num_C <0)||(num_D <0)||(num_F
<0))||(total_subject <=0));

/* this to calculate and print total_subject, total_point and GPA */

total_point = num_A *4 + num_B*3 + num_C*2 + num_D*1 + num_F*0;

GPA =(float) (total_point / total_subject) ;

/* this to print total subject */

printf ("\nYour grade point average is %.2f \n",GPA);

/* this selection to get output the students status */

if (GPA <2)
printf ("Your academic standing is Probation\n\n");
else
if (GPA <3)
printf ("Your academic standing is Satisfactory\n\n");
else
if (GPA <= 3.5)
printf ("Your academic standing is Honors\n\n");
else
if (GPA <= 4.00)
printf ("Your academic standing is High
honors\n\n");

return 0;
}

Step 4: Testing
OUTPUT
This is for calculate your GPA
Enter number of grade A: 3
Enter number of grade B: 2
Enter number of grade C: 2
Enter number of grade D: 0
Enter number of grade F: 0
Your grade point average is 3.14.
Your academic standing is Honors.

1.8 LIST OF LAB ASSIGNMENTS – SESSIONWISE

Session 1:
1. Develop algorithm, flowchart and write an interactive program to calculate
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2. Design a flow chart and write an interactive program for the problem given
below:
Assume that the United States of America uses the following income tax code
formula for their annual income:
First US$ 5000 of income : 0% tax
Next US$ 10,000 of income : 10% tax
Next US$ 20,000 of income : 15% tax
An amount above US$ 35,000 : 20% tax.

For example, somebody earning US$ 38,000 annually would owe

US$ 5000 X 0.00 + 10,000 X 0.10 + 20,000 X 0.15 + 3,000 X 0.20,

which comes to US$ 4600. Write a program that uses a loop to input the income
and calculate and report the owed tax amount. Make sure that your calculation
is mathematically accurate and that truncation errors are eliminated.

3. Design a flowchart and write an interactive program that reads in integers until
a 0 is entered. If it encounters 0 as input, then it should display:

x the total number of even and odd integers

x average value of even integers
x Average value of odd integers.
Note: Use switch statement for selection.

4. Write an interactive program to generate the divisors of a given integer.

Session 2:
5. Write a program to find all Armstrong number in the range of 0 and 999
Hint: An Armstrong number of three digits is an integer such that the sum of
the cubes of its digits is equal to the number itself. For example, 371 is an
Armstrong number since 3**3 + 7**3 + 1**3 = 371.

6. Write a program to check whether a given number is a perfect number or not.

Hint: A positive integer n is called a perfect number if it is equal to the sum of
all of its positive divisors, excluding n itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number,
because 1, 2 and 3 are its proper positive divisors and 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. The next
perfect number is 28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14. The next perfect numbers are 496
and 8128.

7. Write a program to check whether given two numbers are amicable numbers or
not.
Hint: Amicable numbers are two numbers so related that the sum of the proper
divisors of the one is equal to the other, unity being considered as a proper
divisor but not the number itself. Such a pair is (220,284); for the proper
divisors of 220 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110, of which the sum is
284; and the proper divisors of 284 are 1, 2, 4, 71, and 142, of which the sum is
220.

8. Write a program to find the roots of a quadratic equation.

Session 3:
9. Write a function invert( x, p, n) that returns x with the n bits that begin at
position p inverted. You can assume that x, p and n are integer variables and
that the function will return an integer. As an example, if x = 181 [decimal]
which is 10110101 in binary, and p = 4 and n = 2, then the function will return
10101101 or 173 [decimal]. The underlined bits are the changed bits. Note that
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bit positions are counted from the right to the left and that the counts start with a
0. Therefore, position 4 is the 5th bit from the rightvalues.

10. Write a function that calculates the compounded interest amount for a given
initial amount, interest rate and number of years. The interest is compounded
annually. The return value will be the interest amount. Use the following
function definition: float comp_int_calc( float int_amt, float rate, int years);
Write a program that will accept the initial amount, interest rate and the number
of years and call the function with these values to find out the interest amount
and display the returned value.

11. Break up the program that you wrote to solve Problem 10 into two separate
source files. The main function should be in one file and the calculation
function must be in another file. And modify the program so that the interest
rate is a symbolic constant and is no longer input from the keyboard. And put all
the C preprocessor directives into a separate header file that is included in the
two program source files [i.e. #include "header.h"].

12. Define two separate macros, MIN and MAX, to find and return, respectively,
the minimum and maximum of two values. Write a sample program that uses
these macros.
Hint: Use the ternary operator.

Session 4:

13. Write a program that will take as input a set of integers and find and display the
largest and the smallest values within the input data values.

14. Write an interactive program that will take as input a set of 20 integers and store
them in an array and using a temporary array of equal length, reverse the order
of the integers and display the values.

15. Write a interactive program to do the following computation by providing the

option using the switch statement:

x Add two matrices

x Subtract two matrices
x Multiply two matrices

Session 5:
16. Write a program to check if the given matrix is magic square or not.

17. Write a program print the upper and lower triangle of the matrix.

18. Write a program to compute transpose of a matrix.

19. Write a program to find the inverse of a matrix.

Session 6:
20. Using recursion,
(i) Find the factorial of a number
(ii) Find Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of two numbers
(iii) To generate Fibonacci sequence
(iv) Reverse ‘n’ characters.

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Session 7:
21. Write a program to convert a given lowercase string to upper case string without
using the inbuilt string function.

22. Write a program to count number of vowels, consonants and spaces in a given
string.

23. Write a program to input a string and output the reversed string, i.e. if "USF" is
input, the program has to output "FSU". You are not to use array notation to
access the characters, instead please use pointer notation.

Session 8:
24. Write a program to process the students-evaluation records using structures.

25. Define a structure that will hold the data for a complex number. Using this
structure, please write a program that will input two complex numbers and
output the multiple of the two complex numbers. Use double variables to
represent complex number components.

Note: A complex number z is a number of the form z = a + bi where a and b are

real numbers. The term a is called the real part of z and b is called the
imaginary part of z. The multiplication operation on complex numbers is
defined as:
(a + bi) * (c + di) = (ac - bd) + (ad + bc)i

26. Modify the above program so that the multiplication is carried out in a function
that accepts two complex number structures as input parameters and return a
complex number structure with the result.

Session 9:
27. Write a function that will return the length of a character string. You are not
allowed to use the strlen C library function.
Note: Use “Pointers” concept

28. Write a function that returns the minimum and the maximum value in an array
of integers. Inputs to the function are the array of integers, an integer variable
containing the length of the array and pointers to integer variables that will
contain the minimum and the maximum values. The function prototype is:
void minmax( int array[], int length, int * min, int * max);

29. Write a sample program that uses this function to find and display the minimum
and the maximum values of an array of integers. Use an array of 10 integers.
You can either use scanf to input the values into that array or initialize the array
with values in the program itself.

Session 10:
30. Write a program that prompts the user the name of a file and then counts and
displays the number of bytes in the file. And create a duplicate file with the
word ‘.backup’ appended to the file name. Please check whether file was
successfully opened, and display an error message, if not.

31. Write a program to create a file, open it, type-in some characters and count the
number of characters in a file.

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32. Write a program that will input a person's first name, last name, SSN number
and age and write the information to a data file. One person's information
should be in a single line. Use the function fprintf to write to the data file.
Accept the information and write the data within a loop. Your program should
exit the loop when the word 'EXIT' is entered for the first name. Remember to
close the file before terminating the program.
Hint: Use the function strcmp() to compare two strings.

33. Modify the program no: 23 using file concept.

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SECTION 2 DIGITAL LOGIC CIRCUITS Circuits

Structure Page No.

2.0 Introduction 25
2.1 Objectives 25
2.2 Logic Gates Circuit Simulation Program 25
2.3 Making a Logic Circuit Using Logic 27
2.4 A Revisit of Steps of Logic Circuit Design 28
2.5 Session Wise Problems 30
2.6 Summary 32

2.0 INTRODUCTION
The logic circuits are the basic building blocks of an electronic circuit. We have
covered these concepts in Block 1 of MCS – 12. In this section you must attempt to
build the combinational circuits using tools created by “Alun Davies”, Designer and
Programmer of the software called Logic. We hope that you will find this software
useful and productive. We hope that it will generate interest in designing Logic
Circuits on a small scale. In addition, you must do paper – based design of some of the
sequential circuit – related problems.

Our attempt in this section is to make you familiar with the package such that you are
able to use the software as quickly as possible. We will discuss about how to build and
test a successful logic circuit project. You must experiment with the package by
yourself and attempt the problems; in doing this you will gain valuable experience and
your efficiency will increase. We hope that your experience with Logic Circuits
design will be a productive experience. We have also presented an example for
creation of logic circuit that you would like to test using Logic. We have also added
practice problems that you can attempt.

2.1 OBJECTIVES
After completing this section and doing all the practical problems given, you would be
able to:

x design Combinational Circuit;

x design Sequential Circuits; and
x test your combinational circuits using Logic Software.

2.2 LOGIC GATES CIRCUIT SIMULATION

PROGRAM
This program has been developed by “Alun Davies” as a simple window application
primarily for Windows 3.1 but works mostly under Windows 95 and later. This is
freely downloaded from the Website: www.pontybrenin.freeserve.co.uk/ logic/. If
you have any comments or ideas for future enhancements of the software then please
send them at the e-mail given on the Website.

You need to download the file logic zip and install it at your computer. On execution a
simple screen appears having a two-menu option: File and Help. Select the “New
Project” option of the File Menu to get the project window abeled “Logic Gates
Construction” having a grid on the screen. It also includes a Gate and Connection
Tool Bar. (Please refer to the Figure below.)

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In the package a lot of projects and circuits are given, so if you want to study the
functionality of any given circuit, please open it from the file menu.

On right click of the circuit you will get options: Where Test Circuit is find that circuit
having any error or not, if not you can proceed in execution of the circuit.

Like in the given figure we have chosen MULTIPLEX.CRC from the projects. On
clicking Execute circuit it displays the Truth table of circuit.

Please note that this Package cannot be used for making SEQUENTIAL Circuits,
those can be made and tested on paper.

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2.3 MAKING A LOGIC CIRCUIT USING LOGIC Circuits

Let us try to create the logic circuit given in the following figure using LOGIC:

To create a logic circuit as above you need to perform the following steps:
Step 1: Create a new project using “File/ New Project” Menu options.
Step 2: Locate find AND gate symbol in the toolbox
Step 3: Click on the AND gate button.
Step 4: Place the AND gate at desired locations by just clicking at that location.
Step 5: Similarly place OR gate on the desired location.
Note: (1) You can place as many gates as you like by just selecting and
then clicking on screen.
(2) To delete any extra Gate Object, Right Click on that Object and
select “Delete” from the menu that will get displayed.
(3) If you want to change the position of any gate then first deselect
the Gate button on the tool bar by clicking on the selected button
again. Now click on the desired object whose position you want to
change and drag the pointer wherever you want to place it.
Step 6: Now add labels input ‘a’ ‘b’ ‘c’ ‘d’ and ‘e’ by first clicking on the label
button of the tool bar. The names are given as you place the label on the
project grid through the text dialog box.
Step 7: Linking Gates: To link a label and a gate (or gate to gate) select "Link" ( )
button from the toolbar. Press and hold mouse on the source gate/label and
move the mouse to the destination connection object and release the mouse
button.
A line should appear. You can remove a connection by selecting the Break
connection ( ) button on the toolbar.
Step 8: Testing a Circuit: Once you have made all the connections test your circuit
for correctness by pressing the Test button on the toolbar.

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Step 9: Executing a Circuit: If testing is successful then execute the circuit to get
the truth table. You can do it by selecting Execute button, which is labelled
as a truth table in the tool bar.
Step 10: Saving the Project: Select File/ Save Project option to save with a suitable
name with .CRC for future use.

2.4 A REVISIT OF STEPS OF LOGIC CIRCUIT

DESIGN
The MCS 012 course has discussed in detail about the procedure of making logic
circuits. However, let us revisit the process. This design procedure results in a reliable
and economical combinational logic circuit if correctly applied. Whenever you design
a digital circuit you should follow the systematic steps for efficient design and write
all the steps in your file.
1. Write precise circuit specification you understand.
2. Develop truth table on paper for circuit.
3. Identify the minterms corresponding to each row in the table.
4. Draw Karnaugh maps & forming groups of 1's on the Karnaugh map
5. Write the reduced expression
6. Convert the reduced expression into a realizable expression
7. Draw the circuit diagram using software
8. Test the Digital Circuits using given software.

A complete example
One of our objectives is that you should be able to design your very own
combinational logic circuit. Here we are explaining you one example of Full Adder
circuit.

Step 1: Write precise circuit specification you understand

Full-adder is a combinational circuit that forms the arithmetic sum of 3 input bits.
Let us assume the 3 inputs are a1, a2, a3 and 2 outputs are S, C.
Inputs: 3 input bits to be added (a1, a2, a3)
Outputs: Two output bits ( S (sum bit) , C (carry bit) )

Step 2: Development of a truth table on paper for circuit

a1 a2 a3 S C
0 0 0 0 0 0.
0 0 1 1 0 1.
0 1 0 1 0 2.
0 1 1 0 1 3.
1 0 0 4.
1 0
5.
1 0 1 0 1 6.
1 1 0 0 1 7.
1 1 1 1 1

Step 3: Identifying the minterms corresponding to each row in the table

S = F1 (1,2,4,7)
C = F2 (3,5,6,7)

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Step 4: Draw Karnaugh maps & forming groups of 1's on the K-map Circuits

a2 a2

00 01 11 10 00 01 11 10

0 0 1 1 1

a1 1 a1 1 1 1 1 1 1

a3 a3

Step 5: Write the reduced expression

S= a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3

C= a1 a2 + a1 a3 + a2 a3

Step 6: Convert the reduced expression into a realizable expression

S= a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3

  
S= a1 a2 a3 + a2 a3 + a1 a2 a3 + a2 a3 

S= a1 XOR a2 XOR a3 (Refer to de Morgan’s theorem)

C= a1 a2 + a1 a3 + a2 a3

C= a2 a3 + a1 a2 XOR a3 

Step 7: Draw the circuit diagram using software

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Step 8: Test the Digital Circuits using given software

Some Additional Tips

x Highlighting Inputs and Outputs: In a complex circuit, you would like to highlight
the connections. You can do it by selecting show output ( ) or show input ( )
buttons. The output is shown in red colour and input is shown in blue colour.
x Editing Circuits: You can use options for copy, paste, or reposition gates etc.
x Printing Circuits and Truth Tables: To print a logic circuit or a truth table simply
select the window containing the data and then select "File / Print...", option.
x Clocks are not used for any purpose in the circuit at present.
x Sample Circuits are available, use them for better understanding.

Trouble Shooting Tips

Trouble Probable Solution

Circuit cannot be executed. The circuit may be incorrect. Please check

connections are made in right direction. This can be
checked through right clicking on a gate for selecting
the statistics button.

Circuit or Truth Table does Ensure proper printer is set up and check printer to be
not print. online.
On some high-resolution printers circuits and truth
tables will be printed smaller.

Clock does not work when The clock is not there for execution purposes. It is
circuit is executed. not supported by this version of "Logic Gates."

File does not load. Please check that the file you are trying to load is a
valid ".CRC" file and it exists.

File cannot be saved. Check for the storage device, whether full?

Tool Box does not appear. It has probably been closed. To open it again select
"Window / Show” Menu option.

2.5 SESSION WISE PROBLEMS

We have allotted two practical sessions for you to draw the circuits using Logic
Software. You must only draw the combinational circuits using this package, as it is
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not capable of drawing the sequential circuits. Design the following digital circuits Circuits
and make a document in the file including all the steps defined in sub-section 2.3. You
must come prepared with your design of the following problems on paper in order to
take maximum advantage of the Lab session. We hope that with a little design
preparation, you will be gaining a lot in these two sessions.

Session 1:
1. Design and implement the Exclusive-OR gate using AND, OR & NOT gates.

2. Design an “Alarm circuit” using only OR gate in which, if ‘doors’ OR

‘windows’ OR ‘fire alarm’ is activated, and then alarm sound should start.
(Hint: Alarm is sounded if the output of the above circuit is 1. The Output will
be 1 only if any of the OR conditions given above is true.)

3. We know NAND gate is universal gate but we need proof, so Design other
gates like NOT, OR, AND & NOR using only NAND gates which will prove
that NAND is universal gate.

4. Design a digital circuit whose output is equal to 1 if the majority of inputs are
1’s. The output is 0 otherwise.

5. Design the following digital circuit.

i) Half Adder
ii) Half Subtractor
iii) Full Subtractor

6. Design a logical circuit that will calculate the following function:

Inputs Output
A B C D

0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
0 1 0 0
0 1 1 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 1 0
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 1
Explain why your circuit is correct

7. Design a combinational circuit that takes a 3-bit number and the output of that
circuit should be the square of the input Number.

8. Design a combinational circuit where input is a 4 bit number and whose output
is the 2’s complement of the input number.

9. Design the Encoder Circuit, which will convert decimal number to binary
number.

Session 2:

10. Design Sequential Circuit, of clocked RS flip flop with 4 NAND gates.

11. Design Sequential Circuit of clocked D flip flop with AND and NOR gates.

12. Design a 8-bit counter using two 4-bit counters.

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13. Design Linear Feed-Back Shift Register.

14. Design a logical circuit that will calculate the less-than (<) function for two 2-
bit inputs. That is, if the inputs are A and B, each of whose values can be in the
range 0-3 (i.e., 00-11 in binary), then the output should be 1 whenever A < B,
and 0 otherwise. This circuit requires four inputs, referred to as a1, a2, b1, and
b2. a1 and a2 represent a 2-bit number, as do b1 and b2. The output will be true
if the decimal number represented by the pair a1a2 is less than the decimal
number represented by b1b2. Design this circuit with an optimal number of
gates.

15. A multiplexer circuit accepts N inputs and outputs the value of one of those
inputs. The selection of which input goes out on the output is determined by a
set of M control inputs. A multiplexer with M control inputs can steer up to 2M
inputs to a single output. Design 2-to-1 multiplexer.

16. A decoder has M inputs and up to 2M outputs. If the logic values on the M
inputs are interpreted as a binary number of value P, then the Pth output will be
at logic 1 while all the others are at logic 0. Design 2-to-4 decoder.

2.6 SUMMARY
This section, although it involves only two practice sessions, requires a lot of
groundwork done by you on the paper. These problems will provide you a foundation
on the logic circuit design. You must attempt all these problems. This will also help
your basics with MCS 012 subject and will provide confidence to you for any
challenge in circuit design.

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SECTION 3 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE Programming

PROGRAMMING
Structure Page No.
3.0 Introduction 33
3.1 Objectives 33
3.2 Assemblers 33
3.2.1 Turbo Assembler (TASM)
3.2.2 MASM
3.2.3 Emu 8086
3.2.4 The DEBUG Program
3.3 Assembly Programming File 41
3.4 Session-wise List of Programs 42
3.5 What Next? 46
3.6 Summary 46

3.0 INTRODUCTION
This guide is an attempt to familiarize you with some of the important Assemblers
available in the Windows environment. You may use any of these tools available as
per your study center. This practical session also contains several sample programs
that you may need to run/debug at your study center. Some minor mistakes have been
created purposely. In order to run the program you must correct those errors. You
may also find that assembler directives used by these programs may differ. You need
to look into such details. You must also attempt the unresolved problems in order to
gain the maximum from this course. Remember, assembly and C Programming helps
you greatly in System Software implementation and giving understanding of the
machine. We hope you will enjoy these practicals.

3.1 OBJECTIVES
x Develop and assemble assembly programs
x Identify and use proper assembler directives
x Design simple assembly programs
x Write programs that interface with a programming language
x Appreciate the System Software development environment
x Appreciate a keyboard driver

3.2 ASSEMBLERS
Assembler is the Program that supports an environment for translating assembly
language programs to Machine executable files, that is, an assembly program
containing statements like MOV AL, 10h and directives like MODEL SMALL,
which are meaningless to the microprocessor and so are converted to an equivalent
machine program. Thus, the assembler program is a translator that does almost a
similar type of work as a compiler. But, how is a compiler different than an
assembler? One of the major differences to note here is that each high level statement
of a C program on compilation will produce many machine statements; whereas an
assembly instruction is generally translated to single instruction. We would like to
reiterate here that assembly and machine languages is machine dependent and
programs written in assembly for one microprocessor may not run on other
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microprocessors.

An assembler, generally, converts an assembly program to an executable file. There

are two standard forms of executable files on DOS. These are: .com files and .exe
files. These files basically differ in format as per the segments of the 8086
Microprocessor. (Please refer to Unit 1 of Block 4 of MCS 12). The steps of the
assembly process are:

Step Result
Assemble the source program using x Creates an object file with extension .obj.
an assembler x Creates an optional listing file (.lst) and a
file for cross reference
Link the Object file or files x Creates an executable (.exe) file
x Creates optional map file (.map) and
library file (.lib)
Convert the executable files to com x This is an optional step
file which are fast

There are many assemblers that support the above tasks in different ways; even the
options available with them are quite different. Let us discuss the basic options
available with the commonly used assemblers / interfaces for running assembly
programs. You may use any of the following depending on the availability of tools at
your center.

3.2.1 Turbo Assembler (TASM)

Assembling
Turbo Assembler allows a user to assemble multiple files. Each file may be assigned
its own options in a single command line. TASM allows you to use * and ? wild
cards, as they exist in DOS. For example, to assemble all the programs having file
names like progam1.asm, program2.asm, program3.asm, you may just give the
command:
TASM program? (.asm extension is the default extension).

The turbo assembler allows you to assemble programs in groups. Each group is
separated by a + sign. Two of the most common options for turbo assembler are:
/L Generates the list file (.lst)
/Z displays source line having errors.

A common use of command line may be:

TASM /Z program1

Newer and advanced versions of these assemblers are also available.

Cross-Reference Files: On assembling a program, a cross-reference file of the

programs labels, symbols, and variables can be created with an extension of .xrf. You
can use TCREF command to convert this listing to a sorted cross-reference file. For
more details please refer to Turbo Assembler help.

Linking: The command line for linking a TASM program is:

TLINK object_filename, executable_filename [,map_filename] [,library_filename]
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x The default extension for object filename is .obj Programming
x The executable file is created with extension .exe file.
x Map file have a .map extension. The map file is used to indicate the relative
location, size of each segment and any errors that the linker has found. The map
file can also be displayed on screen. You need to enter con (for console), for
such display.
x Library file is used for specifying library option.

Converting Object Files to .COM Programs: TLINK command allows you to

convert an object program directly to .COM format:
TLINK /T object_filename, com_filename, con

Debugging Options. You can use Turbo Debugger by using the /ZI command line
option on the assembler.

3.2.2 MASM
There are many versions available with the Microsoft MASM. Let us discuss the two
latest versions of it.

MASM 6.1
This is one of the most recent versions of Assemblers. It accepts commands of the
older versions also. The command that can be used for assembling the program is ML
command. This command has the following format:
ML [options] filenames_containing.asm [ [options] filenames.asm] [/link options]

Please note that in the above command the terms enclosed within [ ] are optional.

The options start with a / and some common options are:

/AT To directly convert the assembled file to .com program
/c Assemble the file but do not link it (separate assembly)
/Fl Generate a listing (.lst) file
/Zd Include line number in debugging information

Some simple examples of usage of ML command may be:

ML /c firstprogram.asm
This command will only assemble the file.

ML /AT/Zd first.asm second.asm

This program will create .com file after assembling and linking the two files.

MASM 5.1
This is an old version of Microsoft assembler. It requires separate steps for
assembling, linking, and converting into .com file. The command line format for this
assembler is:
MASM [options] source.asm [,objectfilename.obj] [,listfilename.lst]
[,crossreffilename]

You need not specify the .asm extension in the above format, as it is taken by default,
similarly you need not assign .obj and .lst extensions which are assigned by default.
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Each file may have its own path and filename, which may be different from the
source file path.

The following command creates object and cross-reference files with the same name
with the suitable extension.
MASM filename,,,

The options relating to MASM are:

/L To create a listing (.lst) file
/Z To display source lines having errors on the screen
/ZI Include line-number and symbolic information in the object file

For getting further explanation on these options using the help of MASM, please
type:
MASM /H.

Cross-Reference Files: On assembling a program, a cross-reference file of the

programs labels, symbols, and variables can be created with an extension of .crf. For
more details please refer to Macro Assembler help.

Linking: The command line for linking a MASM 5.1 program is:
LINK object_filename, executable_filename [,map_filename]
[,library_filename]

Most of the option and file names as above are the same as that of TASM.

You can also link more than one object files to one executable file by using the
command like:
LINK prosgram1 + program2 + program3

Converting MASM 5.1 Object Files to .COM Programs. The EXE2BIN program
available in DOS converts .EXE modules generated by MASM into .COM modules.

Assembler Tables
The important tables of assemblers that are available in the .lst listings are:
Segments and Groups Table: The following details are contained in this table.

Name Length Alignment Combine Segment Class

types
Provides the Provides the Provides the Lists the Lists the
names of all size, in hex, alignment defined segment
the segments of each type, such as combine type, names, as
and groups in segment BYTE, such as coded in the
alphabetical WORD, or STACK, SEGMENT
order. PARA. NONE when statements
no type is
coded, etc.
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Symbol table: This table contains the following details: Programming

Name Type column Value column Attribute column

Lists the names of L NEAR or L FAR Provides the hex Lists the attributes
all defined items, in (Specifies a near or offset from the of a symbol,
alphabetical order far label) beginning of a including its
N PROC or F segment for names, segment and
PROC (Specifies a labels, and length.
near or far procedures.
Procedure)
BYTE, WORD,
DWORD, etc.
(Specify a data
item) etc.

3.2.3 Emu 8086

This is an emulator Programming that can be used for executing/testing/ emulating
8086 programs. The Program is available at website http://www.emu8086.com.
However, this program is priced. The following are some of the salient points of this
package:

x It contains a source editor, assembler, dis-assembler, and software emulator for

assembly program with debugger, and step-by-step tutorials.

x It is helpful for those who just begin to study assembly language. It compiles the
source code and executes it on emulator step by step. This is a very useful feature.
You must see the changed values with each step. The emulator has an easy Visual
interface, which allows watching registers, flags and memory contents during the
program execution. You can also watch stack.

x Arithmetic & Logical Unit (ALU) shows the last operation executed by ALU,
especially arithmetic operations like addition. This will enhance your
understanding.

x Please note, as the 8086 machine code is fully compatible with all the next
generations of Intel's microprocessors, including Pentium II and Pentium 4. This
8086 code is very portable, since it runs both on old and on the modern computer
systems. Another advantage of 8086 instruction set is that it is smaller, and thus
easier to learn.

How to start Emu 8086?

1. Start Emu8086 by selecting the ICON from the desktop, or by running
Emu8086.exe. The following window appears:
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2. For referring to already stored samples you can select sample button.
3. You can use your own programs also stored in suitable .asm files.
4. You can compile or emulate the Program.
5. Click Single Step button and watch how the code is being executed.

Using Emulator
If you want to load your code into the emulator to watch the effect of step by step
execution on registers, flags, stach etc you must select the emulate option this is a
great learning tool; just click "Emulate" button . On selecting emulate button you
will see the following window.

You can press the buttons at the bottom to watch other windows also along with your
program. Please notice even memory offset values as shown and effect can be seen
over them also.
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You can use single step button to execute next instruction. Watch the effect of this Programming
single step on Instruction Pointer (IP), and other registers.

If you double click on register text-boxes it will open "Extended Viewer" window
with value of that register converted to all possible forms. You can change the value
of the register directly in this window.

Double click on memory list item; it will open "Extended Viewer" with WORD
value loaded from memory at selected location. Lower byte is at lower address that is:
LOW BYTE is loaded from selected position and HIGH BYTE from next memory
address. You can change the value of the memory word directly in the "Extended
Viewer" window.

You can change the values of registers on runtime by typing over the existing values
shown.

Flags button allows viewing and showing the flags set by the last ALU operations.
The ALU button shows the ALU temporary register. The stack button shows the
current stack values.

3.2.4 The DEBUG Program

The DOS DEBUG program is a useful tool for writing and debugging assembly
programs. This also allows for examining the contents of a file or memory.
DEBUG.EXE is available in DOS in a directory named \DOS or in Windows 95/98
by selecting the MS-DOS prompt from Start Menu. You may run DEBUG in a
window. You can also use cut and paste through clipboard.
Starting Debugger: type DEBUG and press <Enter>.
DEBUG starts and a prompt, a hyphen (-), appears on the screen. DEBUG is now
ready to accept your commands.

The following simple options exist for starting DEBUG:

1. To create a file or examine memory, type just DEBUG
2. To modify or debug a program (.COM or .EXE) type DEBUG <file name>. The
file name should have a suitable path.

Some Tips

x Initially CS, DS, ES, and SS registers have the address of the 256-byte (100H).
This initial size is referred to Program Segment Prefix (PSP). The actual user
program work area starts after this.
x The flags of Debug appear as:

Flag When ON When OFF

Name
Overflow OV Overflow NV No overflow
Direction DN Descending UP Ascending
down upwards
Interrupt EI Interrupts are DI Interrupts
enabled are disabled
Sign NG Negative PL Positive
Zero ZR ZERO value NZ Non zero
value
Auxiliary AC Auxiliary NA No auxiliary
Carry Carry carry
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Parity PE Even parity PO Odd parity
Carry CY Carry NC No carry

x Memory address is assigned using segment:offset pair. Please note that the data
segment for .EXE programs begins at DS:0, whereas that for .COM program
begins DS: 100 (same as instruction)
x DEBUG assumes all numbers entered to be hexadecimal, so you need not type
trailing H.
x F1 key duplicates the previous command one character at a time.
x F3 duplicates the entire previous command.
x DEBUG commands are not case sensitive.

Some Commands of DEBUG

Let us look into some of the important commands of debug:

Command Meaning Purpose

A Assemble Translates assembly source statements into
machine code. The operation is especially
useful for writing and testing small assembly
programs and for examining small segments of
code.
C Compare Compares the contents of two areas of
memory. The default register is DS.
D Display Displays the contents of a portion of memory
in hex and ASCII. The default register is DS.
G Go Executes a machine language program that you
are debugging through to a specified
breakpoint.
I Input Inputs and displays one byte from a port, coded
as I port-address.
N Name Names a program or a file that you intend to
read from or write onto disk. Code the
command as N filename.
O Output Sends a byte to a port, coded as O port –
address byte.
Q Quit Exits DEBUG. The operation does not save
files; use W for that purpose.
R Register Displays the contents of registers and the next
instruction.
S Search Searches memory for characters in a list. If the
characters are found the operation delivers their
addresses; otherwise it does not respond. The
default register is DS.
T Trace Executes a program in single –step mode. Note
that you should normally use P (Proceed) to
execute through INT instructions. The default
registers are CS:IP.
U Unassemble Unassembles machine instructions, that is,
converts them into symbolic code. The default
registers are CS:IP.
W Write Writes a file from DEBUG. The file should
first be named (see N) if it wasn’t already
loaded. The default register is CS.
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3.3 ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMING FILE Programming

You must maintain a file for keeping each Assembly program. The file should contain
the following:

1. The overall description or explanation of your program.

2. Write the logical flow of program and algorithm steps.
3. Assembly code listings with comments.
4. Testing of program and different register values.
5. Please note any error encountered / any other experience during the programming

Following is an example which may help you in writing assembly programs:

Problem
Write a program to display “Hello IGNOU!”

Algorithm Steps
1. Start
2. Store ‘Hello IGNOU!’ in variable named msg
3. Load address of the variable msg to DX register
4. Print using DOS interrupt using function 9 (Recollect function 9 requires 9 to be
loaded in register AH followed by a call to Interrupt 21h. )
5. Exit to operating system. Once the message has been printed, it successfully
terminates the program by returning to operating system. (Remember this is
achieved by moving “4C” to AH register and calling Interrupt 21h)

Program
; DISPLAY Hello IGNOU!
; Standard header:
ORG 100H
; Jump to start:
JMP START
; Data:
msg DB 'Hello, IGNOU!','$'
; Load address of msg to DX register:
START: LEA DX, msg
; Print using DOS interrupt:
MOV AH, 9
INT 21h
; Exit to operating system:
MOV AH, 4Ch
INT 21h

3.4 SESSION WISE LIST OF PROGRAMS

The total number of sessions allotted for Circuit Design and Assembly Prgramming
are 10. Out of these, the first two sessions have already been covered in Section 2:
Circuit Design. Thus, in this section we will have only 8 sessions; numbered 3 to 10.

Write the following program in 8086 assembly language.

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Sessions 3 and 4: Simple Assembly Programs (2 sessions & 14 programs)

1. Write a program to add two numbers present in two consecutive memory

locations and store the result in next memory location.

Memory
Number1
Number2
Result

2. Develop program to read a character from console and echo it.

3. Develop and execute a program to read 10 chars from console.

4. Write a program to exchange two memory variables using MOV and XCHG
instruction. Can you do it with just XCHG?

5. Write a program to find the sum of two BCD numbers stored in memory.

6. Write a program, which will read two decimal numbers, then multiply them
together, and finally print out the result (in decimal).

7. Write a program to convert the ASCII code to its BCD equivalent.

8. Write a program, which will read in two decimal inputs and print out their sum,
in decimal.
9. Write a program, which will read in two decimal inputs and print out the
smaller of the two, in decimal.

10. Write a program to calculate the average of three given numbers stored in
memory.

11. Write a program in 8086 assembly language to find the volume of sphere using
following formula: V = 4/3S r3

12. Write a program to evaluates 3 * (x^3) + 4x + 5 if flag = = 1 or evaluates 7x + 8

if flag = = 0.Assume x is a 16-bit unsigned integer.

13. Write a program to convert Centigrade (Celsius) to Fahrenheit temperature

measuring scales. Using formula: Celsius = (Fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9

14. Write a Program which adds the sales tax in the Price list of items and replace
the Price list with a new list.

Sessions 5, 6 and 7: Loop and Comparisons (3 sessions & 21 programs)

1. Write a program to find the factorial of decimal number given by user.

2. Write a program to find nCr for a given n and r.

3. Write a program to arrange given N numbers in descending order.

4. Write a program, which will read in decimal inputs repeatedly until a zero
value is read; at this point, it should print out the sum of the numbers read in so
far.
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5. Develop and execute an assembly language program to find the LCM of two Programming
16-bit unsigned integers.

6. Develop and execute an assembly language program to find the HCF of two
unsigned 16-bit numbers.

7. Write a program for finding the largest number in an array of 10 elements.

8. Develop and execute a program to sort a given set of 8-bit unsigned integers
into ascending order.

9. Develop and execute an assembly language program to sort a given set of 16-
bit unsigned integers into descending order.

10. Write a Program which adds the sales tax in the Price list of items and replace
the Price list with calculated values.

11. Write a program to Convert ASCII number into decimal digit.

12. Write a Program for performing the following operation.

Z=((A-B)/10*C) ** 2

13. Write a Program for adding an array of Binary Digits.

14. Write a Program, which takes the input of 4-digit number, and display the sum
of square of digits as given below.
Example: Input = 4721
42+72+22+12 = 16+49+4+1
Result = 70. (Display)

15. Using the method of "add-and-shift" loop, in which you use the binary digits of
one number to control additions of a shifted version of the other number into a
running total; this is essentially the same algorithm you use when multiplying
numbers by hand in decimal.

16. Write a Program, which should adds two 5-byte numbers (numbers are stored
in array- NUM1 & NUM2), and stores the sum in another array named
RESULT.

17. Write a program which should convert 4 digits BCD number into its binary
equivalent.
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18. Write a program to conduct a binary search on a given sorted array of 16-bit,
unsigned integers, and a given 16-bit unsigned key.

19. Write a program to convert a string in upper case to lower case or lower case to
upper case.

20. Develop cryptographic algorithm where each letter is replaced by a different

letter. Given the mapping of characters to encoded characters, it is simple to
translate from encoded to decoded data. Write a Program, which encodes the
string into the ASCII value but not corresponding ASCII value; shift 5 place
left in ASCII and write the encoding string.

21. Similarly write another Program to Decoding with respect to above problem.

Session 8: Strings (1 session and 7 programs)

1. Write a program, which takes two inputs as strings and display the
Concatenated string.

2. Write a program, which converts string lower case characters to upper case
characters and upper case characters to lower case characters.

3. Write a program for reversing a given string.

4. Write a program, which converts string to its ASCII value and store in array.
5. Write a program to find if two strings are equal length: and if the strings are
found to be of equivalent length then are they the same, if not the same then
which string is lexicographically greater.

6. Write a program to determine a given string is a palindrome. If 'Yes' output the

message “The given string is a palindrome”. If 'No' output the message “No, it
is not a palindrome”.

7. Write a program to search for a character in a given string and calculate the
number of occurrences of the character in the given string.

Session 9: Procedural call and Interrupts (1 session & 7 programs)

1. Write a program that will compute a grade for this class based on grades input
into it. Write two different procedures one for computing total marks based of
different examinations held and another for computing overall grade of student
Procedures-I: The total marks will be computed as follows:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Project
30% Quizzes
30% Projects

Procedure-II: The letter grade will be computed from the overall grade as
follows:
93+: A
90+: A-
87+: B+
83+: B
80+: B-
77+: C+
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73+: C Programming
70+: C-
65+: D
0+: F

2. Write a Drive detection program. The program should determines whether the
drives.
a. Exist
b. Are removable or fixed
c. Are local, remote, or shared
d. Are a floppy, hard, RAM or CD-ROM drive

3. Write a program, which will produce 2 ms delay.

4. Write a program to display the current system time using DOS INT 21H,
function 4CH.

5. Write a procedure, which takes one character from console at 10-second

intervals, and stores each character in one array of characters.

6. Write a program, which will generate an interrupt when there is a division by

zero.

7. Write a program to implement character array, which can store only the
character values in the array and using this array try to reverse a string.

Session 10: Interfacing assembly with HLL (1 session & 3 programs)

1. Write the corresponding 8086 assembly language code of the following

program given in C++ language.
#include <iostream.h>
int n, sum, k;

void main()
{
cout << "Enter number: ";
cin >> n;
sum = 0;
k = 1;
while (K <= sum)
{
sum += k;
++k;
}
cout << "The sum = ";
cout << sum;
cout << '\n';
}

2. Write a program in which it call a routine or function made in c of name fact.

The fact functional calculates the factorial of a given number, call that function
in assembly program and find the factorial of the given number. Store the result
in memory.
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3. Write a program, which convert ASCII number into its equivalent binary in
assembly code. Call this program in C and display the result on user screen.

3.5 WHAT NEXT?

You must use the skills acquired through the practical in order to develop efficient
functions / subroutines, device drivers, interrupt servicing programs etc. Thus, you
can further go on to do a lot of important things using Assembly Programming
Language and extracting some useful efficient work using Microcomputers. You
must refer to further readings as given in MCS 012 Block 4 in order to do so.

3.6 SUMMARY
This section is an attempt to provide details on Assembly Language Programming
practice. The problems have primarily been divided into 8 sessions covering simple,
arrays loops, functions, interrupt handling, calling assembly program from C etc. You
must attempt all the problems in the specified number of sessions. In order to
complete the tasks as above, you must come prepared with paper-based assembly
programs and should test them at the center for any possible errors. Please note, that
the assembly programs may look cumbersome, but give you a lot of power on
machine. They allow you to understand the machine more closely and use it more
efficiently.