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Load into the specified `variable` the two‐byte, two's complement unsigned integer (in host byte order) comprised of the initial two bytes of the specified `buffer` (in network byte order). The behavior is undefined unless `buffer` has sufficient contents. Note that the value will be zero‐extended.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_marshallingutil.h>`

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static
void
getUint16(
    unsigned short* variable,
    char const* buffer);
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