NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | CONFORMING TO | EXAMPLE | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

BSWAP(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 BSWAP(3)

NAME         top

       bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64 - reverse order of bytes

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <byteswap.h>
       bswap_16(x);
       bswap_32(x);
       bswap_64(x);

DESCRIPTION         top

       These macros return a value in which the order of the bytes in their
       2-, 4-, or 8-byte arguments is reversed.

RETURN VALUE         top

       These macros return the value of their argument with the bytes
       reversed.

ERRORS         top

       These macros always succeed.

CONFORMING TO         top

       These macros are GNU extensions.

EXAMPLE         top

       The program below swaps the bytes of the 8-byte integer supplied as
       its command-line argument.  The following shell session demonstrates
       the use of the program:
           $ ./a.out 0x0123456789abcdef
           0x123456789abcdef ==> 0xefcdab8967452301
   Program source
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdint.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <inttypes.h>
       #include <byteswap.h>
       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           uint64_t x;
           if (argc != 2) {
               fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <num>\n", argv[0]);
               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
           }
           x = strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 0);
           printf("0x%" PRIx64 " ==> 0x%" PRIx64 "\n", x, bswap_64(x));
           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO         top

       byteorder(3), endian(3)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                            2016-04-21                         BSWAP(3)

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