Hi

Return high byte/word/nibble of value.

Declaration

Source position: systemh.inc line 901

  function Hi(b: Byte) : Byte;
  function Hi(i: Integer) : Byte;
  function Hi(w: Word) : Byte;
  function Hi(l: LongInt) : Word;
  function Hi(l: DWord) : Word;
  function Hi(i: Int64) : DWord;
  function Hi(q: QWord) : DWord;

Description

Hi returns the high nibble, byte or word or longword from X, depending on the size of X.

| Size | Return value | | 8 | Byte, High nibble | | 16 | Byte, High byte | | 32 | Word, High word | | 64 | Cardinal, High DWord |

Note that in Delphi or TP, this function always treats its argument as if it was a Word, so the results may differ from FPC.

Errors

None.

See also

Name	Description
Lo	Return low nibble/byte/word of value.

Example

Program Example31;
{ Program to demonstrate the Hi function. }
var
  L : Longint;
  W : Word;
  B : Byte;

begin
  L:=1 Shl 16;     { = $10000 }
  W:=1 Shl 8;      { = $100 }
  B:=1 Shl 4;      { = $10  }
  Writeln (Hi(L)); { Prints 1 }
  Writeln (Hi(W)); { Prints 1 }
  Writeln (Hi(B)); { Prints 1 }
end.