Jump and Link

• The jump and link jal instruction is J-type

• It jumps to the address like j, but saves the address of the next instruction in $ra

jal B747 # Call procedure B747

op address J-type

3 (address of label B747)/4

00001100000000011110100001001000

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jal is used to call procedures, since saving the link

allows the procedure to return to the point of the call

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