HiWord
Gets the most-significant word (MSW, or hi-word) of an UInteger value.
result = HiWord( expr )
This macro converts the numeric expression expr to an UInteger value, then expands to an UInteger representing the value of its MSW.
The output would look like:
Syntax
Usage
result = HiWord( 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 its MSW.
Example
Dim N As UInteger
'Note there are 32 bits
N = &b10000000000000011111111111111111
Print "N is "; N
Print "The binary representation of N is "; Bin(N)
Print "The most significant word (MSW) of N is "; HiWord(N)
Print "The least significant word (LSW) of N is "; LoWord(N)
Print "The binary representation of the MSW is "; Bin(HiWord(N))
Print "The binary representation of the LSW is "; Bin(LoWord(N))
Sleep
'Note there are 32 bits
N = &b10000000000000011111111111111111
Print "N is "; N
Print "The binary representation of N is "; Bin(N)
Print "The most significant word (MSW) of N is "; HiWord(N)
Print "The least significant word (LSW) of N is "; LoWord(N)
Print "The binary representation of the MSW is "; Bin(HiWord(N))
Print "The binary representation of the LSW is "; Bin(LoWord(N))
Sleep
The output would look like:
N Is 2147614719 The Binary representation of N Is 10000000000000011111111111111111 The most significant word (MSW) of N Is 32769 The least significant word (LSW) of N Is 65535 The Binary representation of the MSW Is 1000000000000001 The Binary representation of the LSW Is 1111111111111111
Dialect Differences
- Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __HIWORD.
Differences from QB
- New to FreeBASIC
See also
