Binary number manipulation

[Tim Roberts]

"Matthew A. Berglund" <matt at satbp.com> wrote:
>
>Thanks everybody. 
>
>I settled on the 
>((high << 8) | low)
>As this fits my need for the moment.

But this solves a very different problem from the one you originally
posted, which was ((high << 16) | low).  If you need to combine WORDS, then
the solution you have settled on will produce the wrong answers.
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.