Question

5. Show the representation of the string "Comets are awesome!" in the memory of a MIPS based system using the NULL-terminated method.

Answer 1

Char Decimal Hexadecimal
C -> 67 -> 43
o -> 111 -> 6f
m -> 109 -> 6d
e -> 101 -> 65
t -> 116 -> 74
s -> 115 -> 73
  -> 32 -> 20
a -> 97 -> 61
r -> 114 -> 72
e -> 101 -> 65
  -> 32 -> 20
a -> 97 -> 61
w -> 119 -> 77
e -> 101 -> 65
s -> 115 -> 73
o -> 111 -> 6f
m -> 109 -> 6d
e -> 101 -> 65
! -> 33 -> 21
So, Comets are awesome! in hexadecimal is 43 6F 6D 65 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 77 65 73 6F 6D 65 21
and a null-terminating value of 00 is used at the end.

Answer:
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So, in memory in hexadecimal format it looks as
43 6F 6D 65 74 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 77 65 73 6F 6D 65 21 00