bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64 - reverse order of bytes
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Description
These functions return a value in which the order of the bytes in their 2-, 4-, or 8-byte arguments is
reversed.
Errors
These functions always succeed.
Examples
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.out0x0123456789abcdef
0x123456789abcdef ==> 0xefcdab8967452301
Programsource
#include <byteswap.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.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 = strtoull(argv[1], NULL, 0);
printf("%#" PRIx64 " ==> %#" PRIx64 "\n", x, bswap_64(x));
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
bswap_16, bswap_32, bswap_64 - reverse order of bytes
Return Value
These functions return the value of their argument with the bytes reversed.
See Also
byteorder(3), endian(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 bswap(3)
Standards
GNU.
Synopsis
#include<byteswap.h>uint16_tbswap_16(uint16_tx);uint32_tbswap_32(uint32_tx);uint64_tbswap_64(uint64_tx);