# larger.asm­­ prints the larger of two numbers specified 
# at runtime by the user. 
# Registers used: 
# $t0 ­ used to hold the first number. 
# $t1 ­ used to hold the second number. 
# $t2 ­ used to store the larger of $t1 and $t2. 
# $v0 ­ syscall parameter and return value. 
# $a0 ­ syscall parameter. 
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.globl __start
__start:
## Get first number from user, put into $t0. 
	li $v0, 5 	# load syscall read_int into $v0. 
	syscall 	# make the syscall. 
	move $t0, $v0 	# move the number read into $t0. 
## Get second number from user, put into $t1. 
	li $v0, 5 	# load syscall read_int into $v0. 
	syscall 	# make the syscall. 
	move $t1, $v0 	# move the number read into $t1. 
	
## put the larger of $t0 and $t1 into $t2. 
	bgt $t0, $t1, t0_bigger # If $t0 > $t1, branch to t0_bigger, 
	move $t2, $t1 		# otherwise, copy $t1 into $t2. 
	b endif 		# and then branch to endif 
t0_bigger: 
	move $t2, $t0 		# copy $t0 into $t2 
endif: 
## Print out $t2. 
	move $a0, $t2 		# move the number to print into $a0. 
	li $v0, 1 		# load syscall print_int into $v0. 
	syscall 		# make the syscall. 
## exit the program. 
	li $v0, 10 		# syscall code 10 is for exit. 
	syscall 		# make the syscall. 
# end of larger.asm.