int main() { int x=1; if(*(char*)&x) printf("little

Write a small C program to determine whether a machine's
type is little-endian or big-endian.

Question Posted / vasundhara

Answer Posted / vasundhara

int main()
{
int x=1;

if(*(char*)&x)
printf("little endian");
else
printf("big endian");

return 0;
}

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