From:	"Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <cp1v45 AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: From Bytes to Int and Char
Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 1999 14:41:27 -0400
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Nick wrote:

> I am trying to load some data from a files, the 6 and 7th bytes are an
> Integer and so are the 11th and 12th.  How do I make them into an INT?  This
> is what I used earlier
>
> char ver, type;
> int sz, tz;
>
> sz = file_buffer[6] + file_buffer[7];
> is that right?

    No.  Here's the right way to do it.  This code is not edian safe.

sz = *(short*)(file_buffer+6);

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