Unit 4.7 Question regarding jump directive

[ouverson]

Question: What label would be the most descriptive replacement for WHAT_DOES_THIS_DO?



My selection was: NOT_EQUAL_TO_0
The correct answer was: NOT_EQUAL_TO_1

I read this as, "If D-1 is not equal to 0, then jump". I was under the impression that all jump directives were predicated on the condition: "If [any comp designation in Hack language specification] to 0, then jump".

What am I missing/misunderstanding?

[ashort]

If D is 2, then D-1 = 1.  So it will jump, since 1 is nonzero.

If D is 1, then D-1 = 0. So it will NOT jump. Since 0 is 0.

If D is -1, then D-1 = -2.  So it will jump, since -2 is nonzero.

So the jump only happens if D was not equal to 1.

You are correct the computation has to be nonzero for the JNE jump to happen.  It's just that the only way the computation can be nonzero is if D happened to be anything other than 1 before the computation, in this specific case.

[deleted my earlier bogus reply]

[WBahn]

You are asked to some up with the most descriptive label, not just a label that says what the next instruction does since, presumably, most people can look at the next instruction and see what it does. You want a label that conveys to the reader why it does it.

[ouverson]

Got it. Needed to slow down and step through the process. I think that is the lesson I'm learning most from the N2T course!

Gracias!

[ouverson]

Gracias!