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HiWord Function

X#
Return the high-order (leftmost) word in a number.

Namespace:  XSharp.Core
Assembly:  XSharp.Core (in XSharp.Core.dll) Version: 2.21
Syntax
 FUNCTION HiWord(
	dwValue AS DWORD
) AS WORD
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Parameters

dwValue
Type: DWord
The number whose high-order word you want to get.

Return Value

Type: Word
Remarks
Related data can be stored in the high-order and low-order words of a variable.
Therefore, instead of creating and returning a 2-element array, it may be more efficient to return a double word whose 2 words contain separate information.
Also, many Windows API functions receive data in a LONGINT argument.
Usually the high-order and low-order words of this argument contain different information about a window and its messages. HiWord() can be used to extract the high-order word of this argument.
Examples
This example applies HiWord() and LoWord() to a binary number.
It also displays the high-order and low-order portions of the binary number as 2 separate numbers:
X#
1? HiWord(0b00001000100000011111111100001111)
2                                //  2177
3? LoWord(0b00001000100000011111111100001111)
4                                // 65295
5// High-order bits
6? 0b0000100010000001                //  2177
7// Low-order bits
8? 0b1111111100001111                // 65295
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