/* * Copyright 2011 Steven Gribble * * This file is the solution to an exercise problem posed during * one of the UW CSE 333 lectures (333exercises). * * 333exercises is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * 333exercises is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with 333exercises. If not, see . */ // Lecture 4 exercise 2 #include // needed for printf // Write a program that prints out whether the computer it is running // on is little endian or big endian. int main(int argc, char **argv) { int x = 1; char *charptr = (char *) &x; if (*charptr == 1) { printf("little endian\n"); } else { printf("big endian\n"); } return 0; }