uint32_read_big(3)

💖 uint32_read_big(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Library Functions Manual section of the libowfat man pages, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little functions ever — it just reads a number for you. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

uint32_read_big — read an unsigned big-endian 32-bit integer 🦋

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

#include <libowfat/uint32.h>

uint32 uint32_read_big(const char s[4]);

like. look at her. one include, one call, four bytes. iconic. 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so first things first, what even is a uint32? it's a 32-bit unsigned integer type, and normally it's either unsigned int or unsigned long depending on your machine. she's flexible like that. ✨

and uint32_read_big? she portably reads a uint32 out of s — but specifically the way it would be stored on a big-endian architecture — and then just hands it right back to you. that's it. that's the whole job. no drama, no fuss, just bytes going in and a number coming out. 🫶

the way that this is literally the low-effort-high-reward friend of the integer world... we love to see it. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• uint32_unpack(3)
• uint32_unpack_big(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and read your big-endian ints 💖 if you ever need to find her again, the name uint32_read_big(3) is sitting right there at the top and the bottom of the page like a little signature, so she's never hard to find. no version number, no date, no source line on this one — just the name, twice, serving looks. periodt. 🌈⭐💜