HIBYTE

Quick Info

Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library

Header File
windef.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The HIBYTE macro retrieves the high-order byte from the given 16-bit value.

BYTE HIBYTE(

WORD wValue	// value from which high-order byte is retrieved
);

Parameters
wValue

Specifies the value to be converted.

Return Values
The return value is the high-order byte of the specified value.

Remarks
The HIBYTE macro is defined as follows:

#define HIBYTE(w) ((BYTE) (((WORD) (w) >> 8) & 0xFF))