SET-BYTE-ORDER statement

Sets an internal indicator designating the byte-order of the data pointed to by the MEMPTR variable.

Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax

SET-BYTE-ORDER( memptr ) = integer-expression
memptr
An expression that returns a MEMPTR.
integer-expression

An expression that returns an integer value that will be used to indicate the byte-ordering of the data in the memory to which the MEMPTR points. integer-expression must be one of the reserved keywords defined in the following table or its corresponding value. If integer-expression is not valid, ABL generates an error.

Byte order options
Keyword Value Description
HOST-BYTE-ORDER 1 Same format as the machine where the process that calls SET-BYTE-ORDER is running.
BIG-ENDIAN 2 A multiple-byte data type is stored with the high-order byte in the lowest address reserved for the data; successively lower-order bytes are stored at successively higher addresses. Note that Internet protocols use BIG-ENDIAN byte-ordering.
LITTLE-ENDIAN 3 A multiple-byte data type is stored with the low-order byte in the lowest address reserved for the data; successively higher-order bytes are stored at successively higher addresses.

Notes

See also

GET-BYTE-ORDER function