Search code examples
assemblymasmx86-16uppercaselowercase

Assembler switch lower case for upper case and vice versa


im trying to do an Assembler program, that change the upper cases for lower cases and vice versa, all at the same time.

For example:
the input would be: Hello, this is AN EXAMPLE.

And i want

the output to be: hELLO, THIS IS an example.

all i have get is to change the string to Uppercase only, im using Assembler 8086 and Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) as far i know.

Thanks!

This is my code

    stackseg segment para stack 'stack'
    db 32 dup (' ')
stackseg ends

datasgmt segment para 'data'
    show db 'write here:','$'
    ln db 0
    gv db 35
    savedata db 35 dup(' '),'$'
rg db 1
    db (' ')
    db (' ')
datasgmt ends

codepos segment para 'code'
    start proc far
    assume cs:codepos,ss:stackseg,ds:datasgmt
push ds
xor ax,ax
push ax
mov ax,datasgmt
mov ds,ax

mov ch,0
mov cl,0
mov dh,24d
mov dl,79d
mov bh,07
mov al,0
mov ah,06
int 10h

mov ah,02
mov dh,5
mov dl,7
mov bh,0
int 10h

lea dx, show
mov ah,09h
int 21h

mov ah,02
mov dh,6
mov dl,7
mov bh,0
int 10h

lea dx,gv
mov ah,0ah
int 21h

lea si,savedata
mov bh,00
mov bl,ln
mov savedata[bx],07h

lea si, savedata

startagain: cmp byte ptr[si],61h
    jb dont
    cmp byte ptr[si],7ah
    ja dont
    sub byte ptr[si],20h
    jb dont
    dont:inc si
    cmp byte ptr[si],0dh
    jne startagain

mov ah,02
mov dh,8
mov dl,19
mov bh,0
int 10h

mov ah,09    
lea dx, savedata
int 21h

lea dx,rg
mov ah,0ah
int 21h

ret
start endp
codepos ends
end start

Solution

  • Change:

    startagain: cmp byte ptr[si],61h
        jb dont
        cmp byte ptr[si],7ah
        ja dont
        sub byte ptr[si],20h
        jb dont
        dont:inc si
        cmp byte ptr[si],0dh
        jne startagain
    

    with:

    startagain: cmp byte ptr[si],61h
        jb dont
        cmp byte ptr[si],7ah
        ja dont
        sub byte ptr[si],20h
        jmp dont2
     dont:   
        cmp byte ptr[si],41h
        jb dont2
        cmp byte ptr[si],5ah
        ja dont2
        add byte ptr[si],20h
    
    dont2:
        inc si
        cmp byte ptr[si],0dh
        jne startagain