Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:29:35 +0100 (BST)
From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: simple question :)
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 jwright AT adtran DOT com wrote:

>   a = 12;
>   b = 18;
>   c = ( a << 16 ) + b;

You probably meant 8, not 16...

>   printf("\nCombine 12 and 18 to get %d,\n", c);
>   printf("  or in hex 0x%04X\n, c);

... otherwise the hex value won't show `a' at all (it's only 4
digits long).

> This converts two bytes to one integer.  Make sure you check endian
> for the CPU you will use.

What has the endianness got to do with anything?

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