Reading Binary Data in Little Endian Format

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Dave,

You need to write a function to revert the numbers manually. I'd say  
that's an easy task to do.

Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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Op 8-jan-2008, om 12:08 heeft Dave het volgende geschreven:

> Happy New Year to All!
>
> Does anyone know of an easy way to read a 4 bytes (32 bit) little  
> endian number from a file?
>
> I am running on a Mac and the file I am trying to process *always*  
> is stored in Little Endian Format, for instance:
>
> The number 0x00000000BC   (188) is stored in the file as:
>
> 0xBC000000 (a VERY large number!)
>
> I want to get 188 when I read these four bytes.
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Thanks a lot
> All the Best
> Dave
>
>