Extract a three‐byte unsigned integer into the specified variable.
Synopsis
Declared in <bslx_genericinstream.h>
GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>&
getUint24(unsigned int& variable);
Description
Assign to the specified variable the three‐byte, two's complement unsigned integer (in host byte order) comprised of the three bytes of this stream at the current cursor location (in network byte order), update the cursor location, and return a reference to this stream. If this stream is initially invalid, this operation has no effect. If this function otherwise fails to extract a valid value, this stream is marked invalid and the value of variable is undefined. Note that the value will be zero‐extended.
Return Value
a reference to this stream
Parameters
Name |
Description |
variable |
destination for the extracted value |
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