HIGH

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Action

Retrieves the most significant byte of a variable.

 

 

Syntax

var = HIGH( s )               high function gets the upper byte of a word

HIGH(word) = byte           high statement set the upper byte of a word

 

 

Remarks

Var

The variable that is assigned with the MSB of var S.

S

The source variable to get the MSB from.

Word

A word or integer variable that is assigned

Byte

The value to set to the MSB of the Word/Integer variable

 

The HIGH() function returns the MSB of a variable while the HIGH() statement sets the MSB of a word variable.

 

 

See also

LOW , LOWW , HIGHW

 

 

Example

Dim I As Integer , Z As Byte

I = &H1001

Z = High(I)  ' is 16