1. Write a procedure, bfind( ), in C code using pointer-based and convert it into MIPS assembly language with clear and necessary comments. The procedure should take a single argument that is a pointer to a null-terminated string in register $a0. The bfind procedure should locate the first character b in the string and return its address. If there are no bs in the string, then bfind should return a pointer to the null character at the end of the string. For example, if the argument to bfind points to the string "imbibe," then the return value will be a pointer to the third character of the string. Use minimum number of MIPS instructions.

C code:

char *bfind(const char *str)

{

char *p;

for(p=str;*p;p++)

{

if(*p==b)

return p;

}

return p;

}