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assembly/x86_64/1_stdio.asm

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NASM

global _start
section .data
str: db "Please give me a string: " ; \n = 0xA
strSize: equ $ - str
; $ = current assembler address.
; Since str is all that is above it must be the size
stdin: equ 0 ; POSIX
stdout: equ 1 ; POSIX
; Uninitialized space goes here, pretty much your heap of uninitialized bytes
; for all kinds of purposes
section .bss
strBuffer: resb 64 ; reserve 64 bytes
strBufferSize: equ 64 ; same as above
; This is where the code goes. Text. Makes sense, right?
section .text
_start:
; x64 has the syscall function, in contrast to int in x86 and ARM
; Write to stdout
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, stdout ; fd to write to
mov rsi, str ; pointer
mov rdx, strSize ; size
syscall ; all arguments are specified above! (x86 = int 0x80)
; Read from stdin
xor rax, rax ; 0
mov rdi, stdin ; fd to read from
mov rsi, strBuffer ; where to store it
mov rdx, strBufferSize ; maximum number of bytes
syscall
; syscall return codes are always stored in register A
; The number of bytes read in was returned through this
mov rdx, rax
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, stdout
mov rsi, strBuffer
syscall
; Exit routine
mov rax, 60 ; 60 is the exit routine
xor rdi, rdi ; our return code (0)
syscall