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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Any achievement, be it scholastic or otherwise does not depend solely on the individual efforts
but on the guidance, encouragement and cooperation of intellectuals, elders and friends. A
number of personalities, in their own capacities have helped me in carrying out this project work.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all.
I deeply express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Rashmi and Prof. Vanishree K , Department of
ISE, R.V.C.E, Bengaluru,for his able guidance, regular source of encouragement and assistance
throughout this project
I would like to thank Dr. N. K. Cauvery, Head of Department, Information Science &
Engineering, R.V.C.E, Bengaluru, for his valuable suggestions and expert advice.
I would also like to thankDr. B. S. Satyanarayana, Principal, R.V.C.E, Bengaluru, for his moral
support towards completing my project work.
I thank my Parents, and all the Faculty members of Department of Information Science &
Engineering for their constant support and encouragement.
Last, but not the least, I would like to thank my peers and friends who provided me with valuable
suggestions to improve my project.

Abstract
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Very often we need short-cuts to get things done fast and to avoid confusion, and that is
the exact requirement of the programming world. Today, as programming languages grow more
sophisticated and make the life of a programmer easier, the requirements keep growing.
Programming languages perform Herculean tasks as compared to their ancestors several decades
ago. For example, from the simple days of C, companies such as Microsoft have developed much
more powerful languages such as Visual C#, which has the simplicity and foundation of C. Yet,
as we progress with the use of these languages, there are still some tools that are in use today that
make processing of code much simpler.
Code grows to such an extent today that even code needs management and processing. In
this project, we look at the processing of code before it is sent for compilation. These tasks are
called pre-processor tasks, where code is prepared before it is sent for compilation. These are
also known as pre-processor directives which perform a task before the code is compiled. There
are many such tools, including macro expansions. Macros are used to make compilation easier
and more feasible. We can look at the various advantages macros give the programmer as we
look at the problems inherent with coding. It should also be noted that the subject of macros are
vast and that only a few macros will be simulated.
A macro is a piece of code or text that replaces another body of text before compilation.
In SIC/XE macros may or may not take parameters. Code is scanned and those lines starting with
MACRO are treated first and the appropriate action is performed. These lines with MACRO are
removed and that edited code is sent for compilation. Any compilation errors caused by macro
expansions have to be taken care of by the user. Macros can be used in a simple or complex way
to make effective use of code. These macros will be simulated in this project.

Table of Contents
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Acknowledgement

Abstract

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Table of Contents

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1

Problem Defination

1.1.1

Code Redability

1.1.2

Function Overhead

1.1.3

Increased Processor Time

1.1.4

Compilation Issues

1.2

Basic Definitions

1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.2.5

Simple Callable Macros

Macro Parameters
Macro Operators
Nested Macro Definitions
Nested and Recursive Macro Calls

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3
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5
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1.3.

Block Diagram

Chapter-2
Theory and Concepts of Macro Processor
2.1

Introduction

2.2

Basic concepts of Macro processor

2.3

Types of Macro Processor

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2.3.1

Two pass Macro processor

2.3.2

One pass Macro processor

Chapter-3
Software Requirements Specification
2.1

Hardware and Software Requirements

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2.2

Description of Tools used

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Chapter-4
HIGH LEVEL DESIGN
4.1

Concatenation of unique labels

12

4.2

Generation of Unique Labels

12

4.3

Conditional Macro

13

4.4

Keyword Macro Parameters

13

4.5

Language

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4.6.1
4.6.2

Future plans
Data flow diagram

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Chapter-5
DETAILED DESIGN
5.1

Data Structures for Macro processor

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5.2

Data Flow Diagram of an overall system

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5.3

Description of each Module

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5.3.1

Word Scan

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5.3.2

Process line

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5.3.3

Define

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5.3.4

Getline

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5.3.5

Expand

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Chapter-6
IMPLEMENTATION
6.1

Algorithm

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6.2

Languge used in implementation

23

6.3

Error Detection

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Chapter-7
SOFTWARE TESTING
7.1

Testing Process

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7.2

Levels of Testing

25

7.3

Unit Testing

25

7.4

Integration Testing

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7.5

System Testing and Acceptance Testing

26

7.6

Unit Testing of Main Modules

26

7.7

Summary

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CHAPTER 8
RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND INFERENCE
8.1

Advantages and Disadvantages

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8.2

Future Enhancements

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REFERENCES

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APPENDIX

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.a

block diagram of Macro processor.

Figure 2.a

Flow Chart of 1 pass Assembler

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 7.a

Check Macro Expansion

Table 7.b

Check Unique Labels

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Table 7.c

Nested Expansion

Table 7.d

Time for Expansion of Macro

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