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    Hi everyone, I'm currently learning MIPS in an architecture class, and one program which we have to write is one that prints the first N integer palindromes (starting with 11). I've been working on this for an ungoldy amount of time, but I have no idea what's wrong. Could someone steer a lost soul in the right direction?


    I'm pretty sure the reverse procedure works, I just don't know why it doesn't recognize anything other than 11 as a palindrome

    Code:
    .data
    	strPromptFirst: .asciiz "Enter Number: "
    	strResult: .asciiz "\nThe first n palindromes are: \n"
    	newLine: .asciiz "\n"
    	numPalindromes: .word 0
    .text
    	.globl main
    
    main:
    	#Print String
    	li $v0, 4
    	la $a0, strPromptFirst
    	syscall
    	
    	#Read in num integers to print
    	li $v0, 5
    	syscall
    	move $s0, $v0 #move that variable to s0
    
    	li $t0, 0  #Num palindromes found
    	li $t1, 11 #Starting palindrome 
    	
    	loop:	
    		bgt $t0, $s0, exit #If numb palindromes have been found, then exit
    		la $t4, ($t1)
    		move $a0, $t1
    		jal palindromes
    		add $t2, $v0, $zero
    
    		bne $t4, $t2, skip #If it's not equal, skip ahead
    		
    		addi $t0, $t0, 1 #Increment number of palindrome found
    		
    		li $v0, 1  #Print out number
    		la $a0, ($t2) 
    		syscall
    
    		li $v0, 4 #Print out new line
    		la $a0, newLine
    		syscall
    		
    		j skip
    
    	skip: 
    		move $t1, $t4 #Restore value
    		addi $t1, $t1, 1  #incrememnt original by 1
    	j loop
    
    palindromes:
    	addi $sp, $sp, -16
    	sw $ra, 0($sp)
    	sw $t0, 4($sp)
    	sw $t1, 8($sp)
    	sw $t2, 12($sp)
    
    	move $t0, $a0	        #Set t0 to equal to starting num
    
    	wloop:
    		beqz $t0, breakLoop
    		rem $t1, $t0, 10   #t1 = num % 10
    		div $t0, $t0, 10
    		mul $t2, $t2, 10   #rem = rem * 10
    		add $t2, $t2, $t1 #rem = rem + t1
    		j wloop
    
    	breakLoop:
    		move $v0, $t2
    		lw $ra, 0($sp)
    		lw $t0, 4($sp)
    		lw $t1, 8($sp)
    		lw $t2, 12($sp)
    		addi $sp, $sp, 16
    		jr $ra
    
    	
    
    exit:
    	li $v0, 10  # Syscall number 10 is to terminate the program
    	syscall     # exit now
    Any help is much appreciated!


    EDIT: It looks like $v0 contains a weird value when returned. Goes from 11 -> 1121. I have no idea why that's happening though, will keep checking my reverse method

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    Got it. For some reason, I have to reset the value of $t2 in the reverse function to 0.

    Time to clean up the mess of code I left

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    God bless your soul. I was in grade 4 when I first started doing MIPS (for PSP subroutines) and trust me I nearly gave up on computers because of it.

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