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Re: Way to determine big/little endian? [message #26648]

Thu, 20 September 2001 06:38

Craig Markwardt
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David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> writes:

> Craig Markwardt (craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu) writes:
>
>> I use this code when I need to. It's pretty much the same as yours,
>> but I think mine is just a bit cuter :-).
>>
>> big_endian = (long(['01'xb,'02'xb,'03'xb,'04'xb],0,1))(0) EQ '01020304'xl
>
> Gosh, now I'm *really* embarrassed about my simple little
> contribution. I think I only had two sets of nested
> parentheses. :-(

Round blades! Round blades! :-) Actually I only had two sets of nested
parentheses as well. Sigh, I like your submission a little better.
It captures the essence of the test a little better.

Craig

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		Re: Way to determine big/little endian? By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 20 September 2001 06:38
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