Write a small C program to determine whether a machine's
type is little-endian or big-endian.
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Answer / vasundhara
int main()
{
int x=1;
if(*(char*)&x)
printf("little endian");
else
printf("big endian");
return 0;
}
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Answer / anuraag
Vasudhara's solution is correct!
Still here is an alternative solution to check endianess
without using pointers...
int main()
{
int x=0x58;
char ch;
ch=x;
if(ch=0x58)
printf("Little Endian");
else
printf("Big Endian");
return 0;
}
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / mohana
The below code snipeet tells whether the system is little
or big endian.
int main()
{
int x=1;
if(x)
printf("big endian");
else
printf("little endian");
return 0;
}
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 7 Yes | 24 No |
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