RosettaCodeData/Task/Loop-over-multiple-arrays-s.../8086-Assembly/loop-over-multiple-arrays-s...

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cpu 8086
bits 16
org 100h
section .text
mov ah,2 ; Tell MS-DOS to print characters
xor si,si ; Clear first index register (holds _i_)
outer: mov di,As ; Put array-of-arrays in second index register
mov cx,Aslen ; Put length in counter register
inner: mov bx,[di] ; Load array pointer into BX (address) register
mov dl,[bx+si] ; Get SI'th element from array
int 21h ; Print character
inc di ; Go to next array (pointers are 2 bytes wide)
inc di
loop inner ; For each array
mov dl,13 ; Print newline
int 21h
mov dl,10
int 21h
inc si ; Increment index register
cmp si,Alen ; If it is still lower than the array length
jb outer ; Print the next items
ret
section .data
;;; Arrays
A1: db 'a','b','c'
A2: db 'A','B','C'
A3: db '1','2','3'
Alen: equ $-A3 ; Length of arrays (elements are bytes)
;;; Array of arrays
As: dw A1,A2,A3
Aslen: equ ($-As)/2 ; Length of array of arrays (in words)