printf-example.s

#PURPOSE:  This program is to demonstrate how to call printf
#
	
	.section .data

#This string is called the format string.  It's the first 
#parameter, and printf uses it to find out how many parameters
#it was given, and what kind they are.
firststring:
	.ascii "Hello! %s is a %s who loves the number %d\n\0"
name:
	.ascii "Jonathan\0"
personstring:
	.ascii "person\0"
#This could also have been an .equ, but we decided to give it
#a real memory location just for kicks
numberloved:
	.long 3

	.section .text
	.globl _start
_start:
	#note that the parameters are passed in the
	#reverse order that they are listed in the
	#function's prototype.
	pushl numberloved    #This is the %d
	pushl $personstring  #This is the second %s
	pushl $name          #This is the first %s
	pushl $firststring   #This is the format string 
	                     #in the prototype
	call  printf

	pushl $0
	call  exit