# Implementation of Homework 1, Problem 8 in MIPS
# prints a + b if a < b, b - a if a > b and b * a if a = b
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nl: .asciiz "\n"

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.globl main
main:
    # Set a and b for testing
    li $t0, 4 # a
    li $t1, 4 # b
    
    # go to branch1 if a < b
    blt $t0, $t1, branch1
    # go to branch2 if a > b
    bgt $t0, $t1, branch2

    # Otherwise they're equal
    mul $t2, $t0, $t1
    j end

branch1:
    add $t2, $t0, $t1
    j end

branch2:
    sub $t2, $t1, $t0

end:
    # Print Solution
    li $v0, 1
    move $a0, $t2
    syscall
    
    # Print Newline
    li $v0, 4
    la $a0, nl
    syscall

    jr $ra