.text

main:
	la $a0,prompt_in      #print prompt on terminal
	li $v0,4              #prints a string on the terminal
	syscall

	li $v0,5	      #reads in an integer
	syscall
	sw $v0,num1
	#move $a0,$v0
	#li $v0,1	      #prints integer
	#syscall

	la $a0,prompt_ina      #print prompt on terminal
	li $v0,4               #prints a string on the terminal
	syscall

        li $v0,5	       #reads in an integer
	syscall
	sw $v0,num2

	lw $v0,num1
	lw $t0,num2
	move $s1, $zero		#s1 is the counter
loop:	
	addi $s1, $s1, 1	#i = i + 1
	
	#xor $v1,$v0,$t0	#compare $v0 and $t0 and store in $v1
	lw $v2, num3[i]		#load the contents of num3[i] into $v2
	move $v2,$v1		#move the conntents of $v1 into $v2
	sw $v2, num3[i]		#save the contents $v2 into num3[i]
	#bit shift one bit
	#repeat loop
loop:
	#load array
	#increment counter for each i
	#return counter as hamming distance

        la $a0,prompt_out      #print prompt on terminal
	li $v0,4              #prints a string on the terminal
	syscall



	li $v0,10              #exit program
	syscall



.data
prompt_in:    .asciiz "Enter first integer: "            # first integer
prompt_ina:    .asciiz "Enter second integer: "          #second integer
prompt_out:   .asciiz "The hamming distance is "
num1: .word 0
num2: .word 0
#num3: .word 0,0,0					#array to hold 1's