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Task/Conditional-structures/MIPS-Assembly/conditional-structures-5.mips

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+switchExample:
+;this implementation assumes that all destinations end in jr ra, so you'll need to arrive here with JAL switchExample.
+;$t0 = index (must be a multiple of 4 or the program counter will jump to a location that's not guaranteed to properly return.)
+la cases,$t1
+addiu $t1,$t0 ;MIPS can't do variable indexed offsetting so we have to add the offset ourselves.
+lw $t8,($t1)  ;dereference the pointer, $t8 contains the address we wish to "call"
+nop
+jr $t8       ;jump to the selected destination.
+nop
+
+cases:
+.word foo
+.word bar
+.word baz
+
+foo:
+;code goes here
+jr ra
+
+bar:
+;code goes here
+jr ra
+
+baz:
+;code goes here
+jr ra