/*
* Copyright 2011 Steven Gribble
*
* This file is the solution to an exercise problem posed during
* one of the UW CSE 333 lectures (333exercises).
*
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*/
// Lecture 3 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;
}