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28 lines
686 B
C
28 lines
686 B
C
// Big-Endian systems save the most significant byte first.
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// Sun and Motorola processors, IBM-370s and PDP-10s are big-endian.
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// for example, a 4 byte integer 67305985 is 0x04030201 in hexidecimal.
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// x[0] = 0x04
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// x[1] = 0x03
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// x[2] = 0x02
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// x[3] = 0x01
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// Little-Endian systems save the least significant byte first.
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// The entire Intel x86 family, Vaxes, Alphas and PDP-11s are little-endian.
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// for example, a 4 byte integer 67305985 is 0x04030201 in hexidecimal.
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// x[0] = 0x01
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// x[1] = 0x02
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// x[2] = 0x03
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// x[3] = 0x04
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int big_endian(void)
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{
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union {
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long l;
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char c[sizeof(long)];
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} u;
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u.l = 1;
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return (u.c[sizeof(long) - 1] == 1);
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}
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