write a MIPS program that removes the whitespace from a string that was entered

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write a MIPS program that removes the whitespace from a string that was entered by the user through the command line.

I have started the program and would attach the file, but I'm really unfamiliar with how to properly ask questions on Chegg soo I'll just copy and paste it in text.

Here's the first part of the program that I have completed

.data

thePrompt: .asciiz "Enter a word followed by some whitespace: "

newLine: .asciiz " "

buffer: .space 50

.text

.globl main

main:

li $v0, 4 #load Immediate 4 ---> print string syscall

la $a0, thePrompt #load address of the prompt

syscall #display that shizzz

la $a0, buffer #load byte space into adress

li $v0, 8 #take in input

li $a1, 20 # allot the byte space for string (idk if I need this shit yet)

move $t0, $a0 # save string into $t0

syscall

Explanation / Answer

The syntax you've entered is not understandable, though the logic you applied behind it is quite appreciable.(Great Job)

I am uploading my script, you can do the required modifications as you want.

.data
str: .space 81 # buffer for input string
strNS: .space 81 # buffer for string w/o spaces
prompt: .asciiz "Enter a string up to 80 characters "
head1: .asciiz " Original String: "
head2: .asciiz " Number of spaces: "
head3: .asciiz " With spaces removed: "

.text   
main:   
#print the first prompt and get the input string from console
li $v0, 4 #load syscall value to print string into $v0
la $a0, prompt #address of prompt to print
syscall #print prompt to console
li $v0, 8 #load syscall value to read input string
la $a0, str #addr of allocated space for input string is now in $a0
li $a1, 81
syscall

jal countSpace

addi $t1, $v0, 0 #the count of spaces is in $v0, save it into $t1
li $v0, 4 #print header then the count
la $a0, head1
syscall
la $a0, str #print the original string
syscall
la $a0, head2 #print second header before printing count
syscall
li $v0, 1
addi $a0, $t1, 0 #place the count in $a0
syscall #print the count

li $v0, 4
la $a0, head3 #print the third header
syscall
la $a0, strNS #print no spaces string
syscall

End:
li $v0, 10 #load syscall value for exit
syscall #exit

countSpace:
la $s0, strNS
addi $sp, $sp, -12 #adjust the stack pointer for saving
sw $s0, 8($sp) #store addr of nospace string
sw $ra, 4($sp) #store return addr on the stack
sw $a0, 0($sp) #store the count on the stack

#Begin counting spaces
addi $t3, $a0, 0 #$t3 has addr of user input
addi $t5, $s0, 0 #$t5 has addr of string with no spaces
li $t6, 0 #$t6 holds index of string with no spaces
li $t0, 0 #$t0 will hold the count of spaces
li $t4, 0 #$t4 holds the index of the string
loop:   
add $t1, $t3, $t4 #$t1 = addr of str[i]
lb $t2, 0($t1) #$t2 = character in str[i]
beq $t2, $zero, exitCS #break from loop if $t2 contains null character
addi $a0, $t2, 0 #place value to be checked in $a0

#save values onto stack from temp registers to preserve them
addi $sp, $sp, -28 #adjust the stack pointer for 5 values
sw $t6, 24($sp) #save index of string with no spaces
sw $t5, 20($sp) #save addr of string with no spaces
sw $t4, 16($sp) #save index of user input
sw $t3, 12($sp) #save the addr of user input
sb $t2, 8($sp) #save the character in str[i]
sw $t1, 4($sp) #save the address of str[i]
sw $t0, 0($sp) #save the count of spaces

jal isSpace #result from this jump and link will be in $v0 after call

#pop saved values from the stack, then reset the pointer
lw $t6, 24($sp)
lw $t5, 20($sp)
lw $t4, 16($sp)
lw $t3, 12($sp)
lb $t2, 8($sp)
lw $t1, 4($sp)
lw $t0, 0($sp)
addi $sp, $sp, 28 #reset stack pointer
beq $v0, $zero, addTo #if not a space, continue to next character
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #if it is a space, increment count
addTo:
bne $v0, $zero, nextChar #If character is a space, branch
mov $t7, $t6 #index if nospaces string stores width of 4
add $t7, $t7, $t5 #now $t7 points at nospaces[i]
sb $t2, 0($t7) #store the character in the nospaces string
addi $t6, $t6, 1 #increment the index of nospaces

nextChar:

addi $t4, $t4, 1 #increment the index value
j loop #jump back to loop and continue processing

exitCS:
addi $v0, $t0, 0 #count of spaces placed into $v0
addi $v1, $t5, 0
lw $ra, 4($sp) #load return addr from the stack
lw $a0, 0($sp) #load value to check from the stack
addi $sp, $sp, 8 #reset stack pointer
jr $ra #return

isSpace:
addi $sp, $sp, -12 #adjust stack pointer to make room
sw $s0, 8($sp)
sw $ra, 4($sp) #store value of return addr onto stack
sw $a0, 0($sp) #store value to check onto stack

#Check to see if the character is a space
li $t0, 32 #ascii value for space character loaded into $t0
li $v0, 0 #Set default return to 0, or "not a space character"
bne $t0, $a0, endSC #if ascii values match, character is a space
li $v0, 1 #$v0 = 1 means it is a space character

endSC:
lw $s0, 8($sp)
lw $ra, 4($sp) #restore return address
lw $a0, 0($sp) #restore addr of str
addi $sp, $sp, 12 #reset the stack pointer

end: jr $ra

It works fine, I've already given this as an answer earlier. If need aany assistance, as you seems new on chegg, feel free to comment. Will happily assits you.

THANK YOU

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