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brianyang on 02/07/11


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Write a function that determines whether a computer is big-endian or little-endian.

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Returns true if the machine is little-endian, false if the * machine is big-endian

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  1. bool endianness(){
  2.   union {
  3.     int theInteger;
  4.     char singleByte;
  5.   } endianTest;
  6.   endianTest.theInteger = 1;
  7.   return endianTest.singleByte;
  8. }

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