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  nHiByte( nWord )-> <nHiByte>
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 PARAMETER:

  <nWord> Is the numeric word value ( Integer, 2 bytes )



 RETURNS:

  <nHiByte> is the most significant byte of <nWord>



 DESCRIPTION:

  A word is made of two bytes: a low byte and a high byte. This function
  retrieves the high order byte. It is used, for example, if you examine the
  wParam argument of some windows messages.


 EXAMPLE:


    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    |  /* Get the HiByte */                                        |
    |  nWord := 1534              // Hexadecimal : 05FEh           |
    |  nByte := nHiByte( nWord )  // Hex/Decimal : 5               |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+


 SOURCE:

  SOURCE\FUNCTION\HILOWORD.C



See Also: nLoByte nLoWord nHiWord
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