Basic Example Program

The following is a basic example program that allocates an array of $2$ integers on the

stack, puts random numbers in it$,$ and prints it out.

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main: #required

addi $sp$,$ $sp$,-8$ # make space for $2$ ints, $8$ bytes on the stack

li $a$0,0$ #set up random number system call. use generator $0$

li $a$1,100$ # max random number is $100$

li $v$0,42$ # syscall $42$ is random number in a range

syscall # random number is now in