.data
firstnum: .asciiz "Please enter the first number\n"
seconnum: .asciiz "Please enter the second number\n"
answer  : .asciiz "The answer is "
newline : .asciiz "\n"

    
    .text
    .align 2
    .globl main

main:
    
    la $v1, firstnum
    jal print
    jal get
    
    move $t0, $v0
    
    la $v1, seconnum
    jal print
    jal get
    
    move $t1, $v0

    li $t2, 0                # output starts at 0

    bne $t1, $zero, loop    # if t1 is not 0, enter the loop
    j end                   # otherwise, end


print:
    li $v0, 4
    li $a0, 0
    add $a0, $zero, $v1
    
    syscall
    jr $31

printnum:
    li $v0, 1
    li $a0, 0
    add $a0, $zero, $v1
    
    syscall
    jr $31

get:
    li $v0, 5
    syscall
    jr $31


loop:
    add $t2, $t2, $t0       # add the first operand to the result
    sub $t1, $t1, 1          # subtract one from the second operand

    bne $t1, $zero, loop    # if the second operand is > 0, continue
                            # otherwise, end
end:
    la $v1, answer
    jal print
    move $v1, $t2
    jal printnum
    la $v1, newline
    jal print
    
    li $v0, 10
    syscall