Endian test

main ()

big-endian

little-endian

{

Address

Contents

int i = 0x1234abcd, n;

1000

12

cd

unsigned char * byte = (unsigned char *) &i;

1001

34

ab

1002

ab

34

for (n = 0; n < 4; n++)

1003

cd

12

printf ("%x ", *(byte + n));

1004

1005

return 0;

1006

}

1007

Why unsigned char?

Output (IBM PC):

cd ab 34 12

Output (Sun):

12 34 ab cd