HIBYTE

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))

See Also

HIWORD, LOBYTE