Hey guys, I have need some help with this one:

I have to make a program in SPIM that takes in assembly code from the user and outputs it's hexadecimal equivilant. Basically, it's a model assembler. I'm having a lot of problems with it. My code isn't even enough to post because I don't know where to begin! Any help is greatly appreciated.


Note: it's not a full assembler, it only has to work for 8 instructions.

If you want help, post what you have, and don't worry about it not being good enough :)