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

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>be ( x n -- byte-array )

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 little 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
kernel ;

IN: endian

: >le ( x n -- byte-array )
    compute-native-endianness little-endian = [
        {
            { 2 [ int16_t <ref> ] }
            { 4 [ int32_t <ref> ] }
            { 8 [ int64_t <ref> ] }
            [ >slow-le ]
        } case
    ] [ >slow-le ] if ;