MOVE - MIPS instruction reference

move Pseudo-instruction
Copies the contents of $t2 into $t1.
Used in The MIPS instruction setMIPS assembly
Comparing two numbersMIPS assembly
jal, jr, and the course calling conventionMIPS assembly
syscall in the PlaygroundMIPS assembly
Moving values aroundMIPS assembly
Maximum and unsigned distanceMIPS assembly
Byte length of a stringMIPS assembly
Masks, shifts, popcount, and leading zeroesMIPS assembly
A subroutine with its arguments in registersMIPS assembly
Stack arguments and a stack frameMIPS assembly
 
Forms  move ,   
Operands $t1 Any general-purpose register, $0 to $31, using its numeric or named spelling, such as $8 or $t0 ($zero is $0; $ra is $31). 
$t2 A general-purpose register. It may be the same register as $t1. 
 # Copy 7 from $t0. Inspect $t2: 7.
li $t0, 7
move $t2, $t0