Project 3: Arrays

Project 3
Objective:
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Learn how to work with arrays and store data across function calls

Assignment:
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You need to finish the implementation of an x86-32 assembly function "count"

int count(char str[]);

"count" takes a single argument which is a zero-terminated ASCII string. It
counts the number of instances of each character in the string and returns
the ASCII code of the character with the highest frequency for the entire
history of the function.

"null" (the character with ASCII code 0) doesn't count

Ties are broken by returning the ASCII code with the lowest numerical value.

For example, calling

count("xay") returns the ASCII code for 'a'

Now, calling

count("xb") returns the ASCII code for 'x'

Now, calling

count("by") returns the ASCII code for 'b'


Files you're allowed to change:
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func.s -- contains the implementation of count

Files you're supposed to leave alone:
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Makefile -- rules for compiling and running the program
prog.c -- the main program

To compile:
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make

To run test:
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make clean test

To make the output less noisy:
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make -s clean test

To run by hand
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make
./main