Endianness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Endianness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

#define LITTLE_ENDIAN 0
#define BIG_ENDIAN 1

int machineEndianness()
{
int i = 1;
char *p = (char *) &i;
if (p[0] == 1) // Lowest address contains the least significant byte
return LITTLE_ENDIAN;
else
return BIG_ENDIAN;
}