From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: converting 2 numbers into one
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 12:09:35 -0700
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Craig Rothwell wrote:

> turn '11111111' and '00000000'
> (as 2 variables)
> 
> into '1111111100000000'? (as one
> variable)

Use the left shift and bitwise or operators:

    unsigned char h, l;

    ...

    unsigned short hl = (h << 8) | l;

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