title: what does .space do in mips?
body: <p>I got this problem for an assignment in which we have put these number in an array and add them without using a loop. I have solved this problem but .space is confusing me. By making .space 20 do i make space for 5 words or is it doing something else.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code> .data
    array: .space 20
   .text
  addi $s0, $zero, 2
  addi $s1, $zero, 12
  addi $s2, $zero, -5
  addi $s3, $zero, 7
  addi $s4, $zero, 4
    addi $t0, $zero,0  #index initialized at 0
  sw $s0,array($t0) 
  addi $t0, $t0, 4
  sw $s1,array($t0) 
  addi $t0, $t0, 4
  sw $s2,array($t0) 
  addi $t0, $t0, 4
  sw $s3,array($t0) 
  addi $t0, $t0, 4
  sw $s4,array($t0) 
  addi $t0, $t0, 4
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>