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Store a two‐byte integer into the specified `buffer`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_marshallingutil.h>`

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static
void
putInt16(
    char* buffer,
    int value);
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== Description

Load into the specified `buffer` the two‐byte, two's complement integer (in network byte order) comprised of the least‐significant two bytes of the specified `value` (in host byte order). The behavior is undefined unless `buffer` has sufficient capacity. Note that this function applies equally to unsigned 32‐bit values, and signed and unsigned 16‐ and 8‐bit values.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *buffer*
| destination buffer in network byte order
| *value*
| host‐order two‐byte integer to write
|===


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