HiByte
Gets the most-significant byte (MSB, or hi-byte) of the least-significant word (LSW, or lo-word) of an UInteger value.
result = HiByte( expr )
This macro converts the numeric expression expr to an UInteger value, then expands to an UInteger representing the value of the MSB of its LSW. It behaves as `HiByte(LoWord(expr))`.
The output would look like:
Syntax
Usage
result = HiByte( expr )
Parameters
Return Value
Description
This macro converts the numeric expression expr to an UInteger value, then expands to an UInteger representing the value of the MSB of its LSW. It behaves as `HiByte(LoWord(expr))`.
Example
Dim N As UInteger
'Note there are 16 bits
N = &b1010101110000001
Print "N is "; N
Print "The binary representation of N is "; Bin(N)
Print "The most significant byte (MSB) of N is "; HiByte(N)
Print "The least significant byte (LSB) of N is "; LoByte(N)
Print "The binary representation of the MSB is "; Bin(HiByte(N))
Print "The binary representation of the LSB is "; Bin(LoByte(N))
Sleep
'Note there are 16 bits
N = &b1010101110000001
Print "N is "; N
Print "The binary representation of N is "; Bin(N)
Print "The most significant byte (MSB) of N is "; HiByte(N)
Print "The least significant byte (LSB) of N is "; LoByte(N)
Print "The binary representation of the MSB is "; Bin(HiByte(N))
Print "The binary representation of the LSB is "; Bin(LoByte(N))
Sleep
The output would look like:
N Is 43905 The Binary representation of N Is 1010101110000001 The most significant Byte (MSB) of N Is 171 The least significant Byte (LSB) of N Is 129 The Binary representation of the MSB Is 10101011 The Binary representation of the LSB Is 10000001
Dialect Differences
- Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __HIBYTE.
Differences from QB
- New to FreeBASIC
See also
