; this program inputs a string, and prints it as many times as
; there are characters in the string

	bits 16
	org 100h

section .text

	mov dx,str0		;1 print greeting
	mov ah,9
	int 21h			;1
	mov bx,stbuf		;1.5 set max # of chars
	mov byte [bx],50	;
	mov byte [bx+1],50	;1.5
	mov dx,stbuf		;2 get name
	mov ah,0ah
	int 21h			;2
	mov word cx,[stbuf]	;3 cx contains # of chars
	xchg cl,ch		; little endian switch
	and cx,0x00ff		;3
	mov ax,0x0d0a		;4 add cr, lf and $ char to string
	mov bx,stbuf		; bx points to end of string
	add bx,cx
	mov [bx+2],ax
	mov al,'$'
	mov byte [bx+4],al 	;4
	mov dx,stbuf		; prepares printing
	add dx,2		; points to first char
	mov ah,09		;5 prints
loop0	int 21h			;5
	loop loop0		; repeats cx times
	int 20h			; end program

section .data

str0	db 'Type your name:', 13, 10, '$'

section .bss
	
stbuf	resb 100	; reserves 100 bytes starting here