MIPS - How to allocate memory for an array of integers that come from string?

Question

Suppose there is a string:array: .asciiz "4 5 64 12 78"

Then how to allocate memory for an array that has to be created out of this string?

Answer 1

You can just use the .space directive, e.g.

        .data
array:  .asciiz "4 5 64 12 78"
array2: .space 40       # allocate 40 bytes