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Answer:

0x00400014

Look at the data section. The second subroutine's address is stored in memory right after the first subroutine's address.


Jump Table

          .text
sub1:     li       $v0,4
          la       $a0,messH
          syscall
          jr       $ra
          .data
messH:    .asciiz  "Hello "

          .text
sub2:     li       $v0,4
          la       $a0,messW
          syscall
          jr       $ra
          .data
messW:    .asciiz  "World\n"

          .data
sub1add:  .word sub1                    # Jump Table
sub2add:  .word sub2

Look again at the example program.

A table of addresses is called a jump table. It is a list of locations that that control can jump to.

Usually there would be a main or other routine that calls the subroutines. Our example does not have this, yet.


QUESTION 4:

What is the usual instruction for passing control to a subroutine?


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