jal

Operands

Variants

Jump and link : Saves the return address (PC + 4) in $ra, then jumps to 'target'. The standard function-call instruction in MIPS. The called function returns with 'jr $ra'. Same address-range restriction as 'j'. jal target

Jump and link : Saves the return address (PC + 4) in $ra, then jumps to 'target'. The standard function-call instruction in MIPS. The called function returns with 'jr $ra'. Same address-range restriction as 'j'.