[Icc-avr] Casting

[John Baraclough]

Andrew wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When casting and int to two char' (a MSB and LSB) is it safe to do the 
> following:-
> Data[7] = (Channel_One >> 8);
> Data[8] = (Channel_One);
>
No
> Or am i best doing: -
>
> Data[7] = ((unsinged char)Channel_One >> 8);
> Data[8] = ((unsinged Char)Channel_One);
>
Yes, but you need to adjust your parentheses and spelling.
> or
>
> Data[7] = (((unsigned char)(Channel_One & 0xF0)) >> 8 );
> Data[8] = (Channel_One & 0x0F);
>
No, because Data[7] will always be 0 and Data[8] should be cast and will 
have a maximum value of 15.
>
>
> Andy
>
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HTH

John