### A good answer might be:

`li $t7,0xFF001234` | `==` | `lui $t7,0xFF00`
|  | `ori $t7,$t7,0x1234`

The immediate operand of the pseudoinstruction represents a negative integer (notice that the "sign bit" is set). You don't have to use hex with `li`. You could have written: `li $t7,-16772555`.

# Example Program

Here is a tiny example program using load immediate. More practical examples follow in a few more pages.

    ## liEg.asm
    ##
            .text
            .globl  main

    main:
            li    $t0,43        #  first  value
            li    $t1,-96       #  second value
            li    $t7,-16772555 #  third  value
            addu  $t0,$t0,$t1   #  add the values
            addu  $t0,$t0,$t7   #  leave result in $t0

    ## end of liEg.asm

Each of the `li` instructions translates into different basic instructions. To run the program in SPIM, first look in the settings menu. Put a check for "allow pseudo instructions" and remove the check from "bare machine".

### QUESTION 11:

(Review: ) What is a symbolic address?