main:
	la $a0,MyString
	la $a1,Test1      ;this code was recompiled 5 times, testing a different string each time.
	jal InString
	nop
	
	jal Monitor
	nop
	
	
shutdown:
	nop  ;Project 64 will detect an infinite loop and close the ROM if I don't have this nop here.
	b shutdown
	nop


MyString:    ;this was loaded into $a0
	.ascii "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
	.byte 0
	.align 4
;each of these was loaded into $a1 individually for testing
Test1:
	.ascii "abc"  ;InString returned 0
	.byte 0
	.align 4
Test2:
	.ascii "xyz"  ;InString returned 0x17 (decimal 23)
	.byte 0
	.align 4
Test3:
	.ascii "def"  ;InString returned 3
	.byte 0
	.align 4
Test4:
	.ascii "z",0  ;InString returned 0x19 (decimal 25)
	.byte 0
	.align 4
Test5:
	.ascii "1",0 ;InString returned 0x1A (decimal 26)
	.byte 0
	.align 4