.data

prompt: .asciiz "nEnter a number corresponding to a valid month : "
message: .asciiz "n?n"
message1: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Januaryn"
message2: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Februaryn"
message3: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Marchn"
message4: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Apriln"
message5: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Mayn"
message6: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Junen"
message7: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Julyn"
message8: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Augustn"
message9: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Septembern"
message10: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Octobern"
message11: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Novembern"
message12: .asciiz "nThe month selected is Decembern"





.text

main:
    #Prompt the user
    li $v0,4        #Load immediate, telling the assembler it's output is going to be string
    la $a0,prompt       #Loads the address $a0, with the prompt from memory
    syscall
    #Store the information given to use by the user:
    li $v0, 5
    syscall         #code to tell the system we want the integer value from the user
    move $t0,$v0        #keep the value temporarily in $t0

    add $a0, $zero, $t0 # adds into $a0 the input of the user

    #check to see what the user's input is by jumping to a simple label
    beq $t0,1,Jan
    beq $t0,2,Feb
    beq $t0,3,Mar
    beq $t0,4,Apr
    beq $t0,5,May
    beq $t0,6,Jun
    beq $t0,7,Jul
    beq $t0,8,Aug
    beq $t0,9,Sep
    beq $t0,10,Oct
    beq $t0,11,Nov
    beq $t0,12,Dec

    #catch if the value entered is not an integer
    beq $t0, -2, invalidMessage
    #catch every other integer value
    li $v0, 4
    la $a0, message
    syscall


    li $v0,10
    syscall




    #Labels corresponding to the user's input
Jan:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message1
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall
Feb:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message2
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Mar:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message3
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Apr:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message4
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

May:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message5
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Jun:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message6
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Jul:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message7
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Aug:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message8
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Sep:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message9
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Oct:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message10
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Nov:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message11
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

Dec:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message12
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall

invalidMessage:
    li $v0,4
    la $a0, message
    syscall

    li $v0,10
    syscall