Thread: Char string to unsigned short

I checked faq and eather didnt see it for wasnt there.

I have a character array like this


char array = {0x20,0x30);

I want to combine them in a unsigned short is it will be 8240 (0x20,0x30);

I made a struct and did a memory copy but the number was wrong.

How do i do this?

There is a macro for this, if your compiler dosen't have it then it is defined like this

Code:

#define MAKEWORD(a, b) \ 
    ((WORD) (((BYTE) (a)) | ((WORD) ((BYTE) (b))) << 8))

Cant seem to get it to work, it compiles but not sure how to use it!

unsigned short Value = MAKEWORD(array[0],array[1]);

?

unsigned short Value = MAKEWORD(array[0],array[1]);

That looks fine, what happens?

Try this

Code:

unsigned short Value = MAKEWORD(array[1],array[0]);

BYTE Undeclared idetifyer?

Im using Vs.net 2004 I didnt know there was a BYTE variable in it. What do I inculde for it?

Nice yeah I changed it, kind of wish i could get the BYTE to work. Right now this is perfect!