what endian system c compiler follow for data types

[khagesh gupta]

i want to know that beacause in union a bigger variable is stored in little endian system.

while reading a book "test your c skills",i found a question in which author gave hexadecimal representation(i.e A B C D) of a no in float variable and asked it will get printed in format A B C D or D C B A.

the answer was D C B A.it refers that is stored in little endian system.i want answer is all data type is stored in little or some in big endian system or mixture of these two.

[johny10151981]

About Microsoft:
There is two basic type
1. char(CHAR) 8 bit
2. wchar_t(TCHAR) 16 bit

VC/VC++ support both Unicode(16 bit) and Multibyte(8 bit/16 bit/24 bit).

If you want to read a multibyte charset file you can convert between character set to character set

In general I have to deal with Character set. I create output in UTF-8 with HTTP Server and then read it through Desktop Application. In order to display I transfer From UTF-8 To Unicode.

[Banfa]

It is platform dependent, that is it normally depends on the process/OS in use.

[donbock]

Are you sure you can't figure out a way for your program to be endian-neutral?

[khagesh gupta]

thanks 4 ur reply.but ans still need more refinement.

[Banfa]

Given what you have told us we have told you everything we can.