MAKEWORD

The MAKEWORD macro creates an unsigned 16-bit integer by concatenating two given unsigned character values.

WORD MAKEWORD(
  BYTE bLow,  // low-order byte of short value
  BYTE bHigh  // high-order byte of short value
);
 

Parameters

bLow

Specifies the low-order byte of the new short value.

bHigh

Specifies the high-order byte of the new short value.

Return Values

The return value is an unsigned 16-bit integer value.

Remarks

The MAKEWORD macro is defined as follows:

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

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in windef.h.

See Also

Windows Overview, Window Macros