I have a problem with understanding the register %bl

Question

   0x080484ad <+0>:     xor    %ebx,%ebx
   0x080484af <+2>:     mov    (%eax),%bl   *****
   0x080484b1 <+4>:     xor    $0x52,%bl
   0x080484b4 <+7>:     cmp    $0x11,%bl
   0x080484b7 <+10>:    jne    0x8048510 
   0x080484b9 <+12>:    mov    0x7(%eax),%bl
   0x080484bc <+15>:    sub    $0x16,%bl
   0x080484bf <+18>:    cmp    $0xd,%bl
   0x080484c2 <+21>:    jne    0x8048510 
   0x080484c4 <+23>:    mov    0x1(%eax),%bl

I am having a problem understanding the register %bl. The register %eax has the value of "12345678" (string) under the address. I understand that in the second line we are moving the value of $eax to %bl (8 bits). So it is supposed to take the first two numbers from the string "12", right? I wish some clarify this line. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

at&t syntax throws me off so i would go with intel syntax
I would also stick with hex as base in my answer

if eax holds an address like 0x80481234 and it points to a variable like 0x12345678
moving the byte to bl would make bl 0x78
0x78 is xorred by 0x52 and the result should be 0x11
so xorring 0x52 by 0x11 should get you the required input