HIWORD info

The HIWORD macro retrieves the high-order word from the given 32-bit value.

WORD HIWORD(

DWORD dwValue	// value from which high-order word is retrieved
);

Parameters

dwValue

Specifies the value to be converted.

Return Values

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

Remarks

The HIWORD macro is defined as follows:

#define HIWORD(l)   ((WORD) (((DWORD) (l) >> 16) & 0xFFFF)) 

 

See Also

HIBYTE, LOWORD