HW$1$ is intended to be solved with knowledge from the textbook chapters below $($with an additional RISC$-$V notesheet for quick reference$).$ While assembly COULD get much more complex, more advanced features such as function calling, bit shifting, etc. are not needed for HW$1.$ It is recommended to read through the information & content below as use them as core guidelines:

Chapter $2$ of the Textbook covers how instructions are used to represent high$-$level programming concepts, with the most important ones for HW$1$ being:

Ch $2\mathrm{.}2-2\mathrm{.}3$: Understanding registers & operands $($how does an instruction interpret registers as inputs?$)$

Ch $2\mathrm{.}7$: How to convert conditionals $($if$,$ else, for, while, etc.$)$ into labels, branches, and jumps in assembly.

Ch $2\mathrm{.}8$: Understanding the call stack and how to allocate it$.$

Ch $2\mathrm{.}9$: the American Standard Code for Information Interchange $($ASCII$),$ how characters are represented as binary.

Ch $2\mathrm{.}13$: an example of converting a C program to RISC$-$V assembly

Ch $2\mathrm{.}14$: understanding Arrays VS pointers & how to access characters in strings

RISC$-$V instructions note sheet: RISCVGreenCardv$8-20151013.$pdf

After you have reviewed the materials above, please download th