RosettaCodeData/Task/Monty-Hall-problem/8086-Assembly/monty-hall-problem.8086
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time: equ 2Ch ; MS-DOS syscall to get current time
puts: equ 9 ; MS-DOS syscall to print a string
cpu 8086
bits 16
org 100h
section .text
;;; Initialize the RNG with the current time
mov ah,time
int 21h
mov di,cx ; RNG state is kept in DI and BP
mov bp,dx
mov dx,sw ; While switching doors,
mov bl,1
call simrsl ; run simulations,
mov dx,nsw ; While not switching doors,
xor bl,bl ; run simulations.
;;; Print string in DX, run 65536 simulations (according to BL),
;;; then print the amount of cars won.
simrsl: mov ah,puts ; Print the string
int 21h
xor cx,cx ; Run 65536 simulations
call simul
mov ax,si ; Print amount of cars
mov bx,number ; String pointer
mov cx,10 ; Divisor
.dgt: xor dx,dx ; Divide AX by ten
div cx
add dl,'0' ; Add ASCII '0' to the remainder
dec bx ; Move string pointer backwards
mov [bx],dl ; Store digit in string
test ax,ax ; If quotient not zero,
jnz .dgt ; calculate next digit.
mov dx,bx ; Print string starting at first digit
mov ah,puts
int 21h
ret
;;; Run CX simulations.
;;; If BL = 0, don't switch doors, otherwise, always switch
simul: xor si,si ; SI is the amount of cars won
.loop: call door ; Behind which door is the car?
xchg dl,al ; DL = car door
call door ; Which door does the contestant choose?
xchg ah,al ; AH = contestant door
.monty: call door ; Which door does Monty open?
cmp al,dl ; It can't be the door with the car,
je .monty
cmp al,ah ; or the door the contestant picked.
je .monty
test bl,bl ; Will the contestant switch doors?
jz .nosw
xor ah,al ; If so, he switches
.nosw: cmp ah,dl ; Did he get the car?
jne .next
inc si ; If so, add a car
.next: loop .loop
ret
;;; Generate a pseudorandom byte in AL using "X ABC" method
;;; Use it to select a door (1,2,3).
door: xchg bx,bp ; Load RNG state into byte-addressable
xchg cx,di ; registers.
.loop: inc bl ; X++
xor bh,ch ; A ^= C
xor bh,bl ; A ^= X
add cl,bh ; B += A
mov al,cl ; C' = B
shr al,1 ; C' >>= 1
add al,ch ; C' += C
xor al,bh ; C' ^= A
mov ch,al ; C = C'
and al,3 ; ...but we only want the last two bits,
jz .loop ; and if it was 0, get a new random number.
xchg bx,bp ; Restore the registers
xchg cx,di
ret
section .data
sw: db 'When switching doors: $'
nsw: db 'When not switching doors: $'
db '*****'
number: db 13,10,'$'