Changed LDA to operate on registers.

src/main/java/instruction/LdA.java

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 
 /**
  * Load Address instruction. Similar to Load, but after reading the next memory value, the value is
- * interpreted as a memory address, and the value at that address is loaded into the destination
- * register. The destination register is specified by the operand.
+ * split into two 4-bit values, each indexing a register. The leading 4 bits determine the source
+ * register and the trailing 4 bits determine the destination register. The value in the source
+ * register is interpreted as a memory address, and the value at that memory address is stored in
+ * the destination register. The operand is not used.
  */
 public class LdA extends Instruction {
 
@@ -18,37 +20,64 @@ public LdA(int operand) {
 
   @Override
   protected void internalExecute(Memory mem, Registry reg, ProgramCounter pc, IO io) {
-    // Read the next memory value, and interpret as a memory address.
-    int address = mem.getValueAt(pc.next());
+    // Read the next memory value, and split into two 4-bit parts.
+    int addresses = mem.getValueAt(pc.next());
+    int src = (addresses >> 4) & 0xF;
+    int dst = addresses & 0xF;
+
+    int srcAddress = reg.getValueAt(src);
+    int value = mem.getValueAt(srcAddress);
 
     // Read the value at the memory address, and store in the destination register.
-    reg.setValueAt(operand, mem.getValueAt(address));
+    reg.setValueAt(dst, value);
   }
 
   @Override
   protected String internalPrettyPrint(Memory mem, Registry reg, int memIdx) {
+
     if (memIdx >= mem.size()) {
-      return "(" + Instruction.INVALID_REG_CHAR + ")";
+      return Instruction.INVALID_REG_CHAR;
     }
-    int address = mem.getValueAt(memIdx + 1);
+    // Read the next memory value, and split into two 4-bit parts.
+    int addresses = mem.getValueAt(memIdx + 1);
+    int src = (addresses >> 4) & 0xF;
+    int dst = addresses & 0xF;
+
     return String.format(
-        // e.g. LDA (m[12] -> R0)
-        "(m[%s] %s %s)", address, Instruction.RIGHT_ARROW_CHAR, Registry.idxToName(operand));
+        "(*%s %s %s)",
+        Registry.idxToName(src), Instruction.RIGHT_ARROW_CHAR, Registry.idxToName(dst));
   }
 
   @Override
   public int[] getAffectedMemoryCells(Memory mem, Registry reg, int memIdx) {
     if (memIdx >= mem.size()) {
       return new int[] {memIdx};
     }
-    int address = mem.getValueAt(memIdx + 1);
-    return new int[] {memIdx, memIdx + 1, address};
+    int addresses = mem.getValueAt(memIdx + 1);
+    int src = (addresses >> 4) & 0xF;
+
+    int srcAddress = reg.getValueAt(src);
+
+    return new int[] {memIdx, memIdx + 1, srcAddress};
   }
 
   @Override
   public int[] getAffectedRegisters(Memory mem, Registry reg, int memIdx) {
-    if (operand >= 0 && operand < Registry.NUM_REGISTERS) {
-      return new int[] {operand};
+    if (memIdx >= mem.size()) {
+      return new int[] {memIdx};
+    }
+    int addresses = mem.getValueAt(memIdx + 1);
+    int src = (addresses >> 4) & 0xF;
+    int dst = addresses & 0xF;
+
+    if (src >= 0 && src < Registry.NUM_REGISTERS && dst >= 0 && dst < Registry.NUM_REGISTERS) {
+      return new int[] {src, dst};
+    }
+    if (src >= 0 && src < Registry.NUM_REGISTERS) {
+      return new int[] {src};
+    }
+    if (dst >= 0 && dst < Registry.NUM_REGISTERS) {
+      return new int[] {dst};
     }
     return new int[0];
   }

src/main/java/view/InstructionTable.java

@@ -208,9 +208,11 @@ private void initUIContent() {
           InstructionFactory.INST_NAME_LDA,
           InstructionFactory.INST_LDA,
           String.format(
-              "<b>Load Address</b>: Reads the next memory value and interprets it as a memory"
-                  + " address. Then, reads the addressed value and loads it into a register. The"
-                  + " 4-bit operand is the destination register index (0-%d).",
+              "<b>Load Address</b>: Loads a memory value from a dynamic address into a register."
+                  + " The next memory value is split into two 4-bit indices, indicating the"
+                  + " indecies (0-%d) of the source and destination register. The source register"
+                  + " is interpreted as a memory address, from which the wanted value is read."
+                  + " Operand has no purpose and is ignored.",
               (Registry.NUM_REGISTERS - 1)),
           pc);
       appendToTable(