lh
Load halfword (sign-extended)
Loads a 16-bit halfword from the address $t2 plus an offset into $t1, sign-extended; the address must be halfword-aligned.
Used in
- Loads, stores and immediatesMIPS assembly
- Arrays and stringsMIPS assembly
Forms
lh , ()
Pseudo-instructions
The assembler turns these into one or more real instructions.
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Read from label's address, reached through the %hi already in $t2
Set $t1 to sign-extended 16-bit value from effective memory halfword address
Operands
$t1- Any general-purpose register,
$0to$31, using its numeric or named spelling, such as$8or$t0($zerois$0;$rais$31). imm16- A signed 16-bit immediate,
-32768to32767. $t2- A general-purpose register. It may be the same register as
$t1. label- A named address in the program, such as the start of a loop or a variable in
.data. imm- An immediate value: a signed 16-bit value (
-32768to32767), an unsigned 16-bit value (0to65535) or a 32-bit value (-2147483648to4294967295). The assembler chooses a supported encoding for the value and other operands; a pseudoinstruction may expand into several instructions. imm32- A 32-bit immediate,
-2147483648to4294967295. Pseudoinstruction expansion may overwrite$at, losing its previous value.
The address must be halfword-aligned (divisible by 2). Use 'lhu' for zero-extension.
.data
.align 2
data: .half 0x8123, 0x4567, 0, 0
.text
# Load initialized bytes; inspect $t0: 0xFFFF8123 (-32477, sign extended).
la $t1, data
lh $t0, 0($t1)