Need Help Translating C++ to MIPS

[angel120]

I'm taking a MIPS class, and our first project is to prompt the user to input 8 numbers (using a for loop & an array), and output the minimum and maximum numbers of the array.

I wrote the program in C++ (works perfectly), and I've been trying to translate it, but the online tutorials aren't very good. So here's one thing I find difficult to translate:

int array[8]={0};
for (int i=0; i<8; i++)
{
     cout << "Input number " << i+1 << ": ";
     cin >> array[i];
}
 

Then after that, how would I sort the array, or simply display the max and min values?
In my C++ code, I used a bubble sort, but MIPS is too confusing for me, and it seems like bubble sorting is overly complex in MIPS.

Thanks in advance!

[JosAH]

Have you tried the compiler's -S option? It generates human readable assembly
code then. Handy to have when you have to deal with MIPS code.

kind regards,

Jos

[angel120]

Which program are you speaking of? I write my C++ programs in Visual Studios .NET 2003.

[JosAH]

Which program are you speaking of? I write my C++ programs in Visual Studios .NET 2003.

I was talking about the gnu GCC (Gnu Compiler Suite), much better than all that
Intel centric Microsoft stuff.

kind regards,

Jos

[angel120]

Ok, I can't figure out for the life of me how to get GCC running.. Is there anyone that can help me w/ the MIPS problem?