HIBYTE

The HIBYTE macro retrieves the high-order byte from the given 16-bit value.

BYTE HIBYTE(
  WORD wValue  // value from which high-order byte is retrieved
);
 

Parameters

wValue

Specifies the value to be converted.

Return Values

The return value is the high-order byte of the specified value.

Remarks

The HIBYTE macro is defined as follows:

#define HIBYTE(w)   ((BYTE) (((WORD) (w) >> 8) & 0xFF)) 
 

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in windef.h.

See Also

Windows Overview, Window Macros, HIWORD, LOBYTE