>be ( x n -- byte-array )
Working with binary data

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Vocabulary
endian

Inputs

x	an integer
n	a non-negative integer

Outputs

byte-array

a byte-array

Word description
Converts an integer x into a string of n bytes in big endian order. Truncation will occur if the integer is not in the range [-2^(8n),2^(8n)).

Definition

USING: alien.c-types alien.data combinators endian.private ;

IN: endian

: >be ( x n -- byte-array )
    {
        { 2 [ big-endian 2 f ?byte-reverse int16_t <ref> ] }
        { 4 [ big-endian 4 f ?byte-reverse int32_t <ref> ] }
        { 8 [ big-endian 8 f ?byte-reverse int64_t <ref> ] }
        [ >slow-be ]
    } case ;