The Dark

well you have two "loop:" lines, so that might be causing a problem.
I don't think you need to put anything in an array. Try some code like this:
[code]
get a
get b

xor a and b into c

set loopCounter to 0
set hamming = 0
loop:
and c with 0x01 into d
if d == 1
increment hamming
shift c right by 1
increment loopCounter
if loopCount <= 32*
goto loop

print hamming

* replace 32 by whatever number of bits you have in your integer

Note: you already have some of this code

cwl157

Thanks for the code. A couple questions though: i thought loop was a reserved word that you put everytime you want to loop but i guess not? Also what do you mean by What does the 0x01 mean?

The Dark

No I'm pretty sure loop is just a label that you want to jump to.

0x01 is hexadecimal notation for 1. I should have just written 1 there instead. ANDing with 1 gives you the value of the least significant bit.

cwl157

so you think i have to write it like 0x01 or do i have to load one into another register and then use that register in the and condition because the one reference i have said and has 3 registers associated with it one for the result and then 2 that are being compared but if i know the number im always comparing it to you think i could just write that?

The Dark

No I don't think you should write it like 0x01 that is why i said:
I don't know whether you can just put a value in instead of a register, I don't know any MIPS assembler. I would guess that you could, but if you can't then just load the 1 into another register and use that register.

cwl157

yea i loaded one into another register and used that and i got no errors when i loaded it into the simulator im using so thats a good sign. Now i have one more question. When you said . I have to make this to handle any 32 bit integer so could i keep it at 32 and would it work even if the integer is smaller than 32?

The Dark

If your integers are 32 bit, it doesn't matter what value they have in them, they are still 32 bit. I was only pointing out that if you are doing this for a 64 bit integer, you will need to change the loop count.

cwl157

o ok cool now i seem to not be able to find the less than or equal to command but it has to be here somewhere right because they have less than or equal to 0 but not less than or equal to any number you wan to put there.

The Dark

cwl157

im an idiot i could just use the branch if one is less than the other and then right after it i could put branch if one is equal to the other and then just make them both branch to the same place and its the same thing right?