字节排序函数

    考虑一个16位的整数，它由2个字节组成。内存中存储这两个字节有两种方法：一种是将低字节存储在起始地址，这称为小端字节序；另一种方法是将高序字节存储在起始地址，这称为大端字节序。下面的程序可以检测是大端存储还是小端存储：

#include <stdio.h>


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    union

    {
	unsigned short num;
	unsigned char arr[sizeof(short)];
    }test;
	
    test.num = 0x0102;
	
    if (sizeof(short) == 2)
    {
	if (test.arr[0] == 1 && test.arr[1] == 2)
		printf("big endian\n");
	else if (test.arr[0] == 2 && test.arr[1] == 1)
		printf("little endian\n");
	else
		printf("unknown\n");
    }
    else
	printf("sizeof(short) = %d\n",sizeof(short));
		
    exit(0);
}