Modern Math ByteSwap

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ByteSwap

Reverses the order of the bytes, converting between big-endian and little-endian.

Syntax

ByteSwap( byval x as T ) as T

Notes

• Endianness conversion: what turns a big-endian value from a file or a socket into a native one, and back.
• Reverses bytes, not bits -- BitReverse is the other one, and they are not interchangeable.
• Its own inverse: swapping twice returns the input.

Examples

#import "std/numeric"
using numeric

dim as uint32 x = &h12345678
print hex( ByteSwap( x ) )   '' 78563412

'' Its own inverse
print ByteSwap( ByteSwap( x ) ) = x           '' -1 (true)

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