I'm trying to figure out how to reverse an array in assembly in a way that makes it as flexible as possible. The code I have so far is this:
; This program takes an integer array and reverses it's elements, using a loop, the SIZE, TYPE and LENGTHOF
; operators.
TITLE lab4 (lab4.asm)
INCLUDE Irvine32.inc
.data
arr DWORD 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h, 5h, 6h ; Array of integers with 6 elements.
len DWORD LENGTHOF arr / 2 ; The length of the array divided by 2.
;rng DWORD LENGTHOF arr ; The complete length of the array.
.code
main PROC
mov eax, len ; Moves the length (divided by 2) into the eax register.
mov ebx, len ; Sets the ebx register to 0 to serve as the counter.
mov ecx, len ; Loads the length of the array into the ecx register.
mov edx, len ; Sets a counter that starts at the end of the array.
dec edx
; Start of the loop
L1:
mov eax, arr[esi + (TYPE arr * ebx)] ; Assigns to eax the value in the current beginning counter.
xchg eax, arr[esi + (TYPE arr * edx) ] ; Swaps the value in eax with the value at the end counter.
mov arr[esi + (TYPE arr * ebx)], eax ; Assigns the current beginning counter the value in eax.
dec edx ; Decrements the end counter by 1.
inc ebx ; Increments the beginning counter by 1.
loop L1
; end of the loop
mov ecx, LENGTHOF arr
mov ebx, 0
; Start of loop
L2: ; Loop that runs through the array to check and make sure
mov eax, arr[esi + (TYPE arr * ebx)] ; the elements are reversed.
inc ebx
call DumpRegs
loop L2
; End of loop
exit
main ENDP
END main
This works, but only if the array has an even number of elements. What should I do to make it work for an odd number as well?
In general it's best to imagine it as 2 pointers. The first pointer begins at the start of the array and moves towards the end, and the second pointer begins at the end of the array and moves towards the start.
If there are an even number of items in the array, eventually start will be higher than end. If there are an odd number of items in the array, eventually start will be equal to end. Basically, in C you'd be looking for something like while(start < end) { ... }.
For assembly (NASM syntax), this might look a bit like this:
;Reverse array of 32-bit "things" (integers, pointers, whatever)
;
;Input
; esi = address of array
; ecx = number of entries in array
reverseArrayOf32bit:
lea edi,[esi+ecx*4-4] ;edi = address of last entry
cmp esi,edi ;Is it a tiny array (zero or 1 entry)?
jnb .done ; yes, it's done aleady
.next:
mov eax,[esi] ;eax = value at start
mov ebx,[edi] ;ebx = value at end
mov [edi],eax ;Store value from start at end
mov [esi],ebx ;Store value from end at start
add esi,4 ;esi = address of next item at start
sub edi,4 ;edi = address of next item at end
cmp esi,edi ;Have we reached the middle?
jb .next ; no, keep going
.done:
ret
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22121048/reversing-an-array-in-assembly