TITLE   "mp1.a by Douglas W. Jones, Feb. 16, 2014"
; -- Example solution to mp1

NULL    =       0               ; value for NULL pointers
        INT     ARRAY           ; export ARRAY to the test program

; each array element but the last points to an item.
ARRAY:  W       ITEM1           ; array[0]
        W       ITEM2           ; array[1]
        W       ITEM3
        W       ITEM4           ;   ...
        W       ITEM5
        W       ITEM6           ; array[5]
        W       NULL            ; array[6], a null pointer

; -- the records, all have the same structure:
ITEM1:  W       TEXT1           ; pointer to "Douglas"
        H       1, 1            ; X = 1, Y = 1

ITEM2:  W       TEXT2           ; ... to "W."
        H       9, 1

ITEM3:  W       TEXT3           ; ... to "Jones"
        H       12, 1

ITEM4:  W       TEXT4           ; ... to "Machine"
        H       6, 2

ITEM5:  W       TEXT5           ; ... to "Problem"
        H       14, 2

ITEM6:  W       TEXT6           ; ... to "1"
        H       22, 2

; -- the text is all gathered here to avoid alignment trouble
TEXT1:  ASCII   "Douglas", 0
TEXT2:  ASCII   "W.", 0
TEXT3:  ASCII   "Jones", 0
TEXT4:  ASCII   "Machine", 0
TEXT5:  ASCII   "Problem", 0
TEXT6:  ASCII   "1", 0

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