Slightly more elegant solution using union.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/check-endian.cpp b/check-endian.cpp
index f355485..c4bd6f2 100644
--- a/check-endian.cpp
+++ b/check-endian.cpp
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+union endian_check
+{
+    int  number;
+    char check;
+};
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-    int num = 1;
-    char* p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&num);
-    cout << "size of int: " << sizeof(num) << endl;
+    endian_check _check;
+    _check.number = 1;
+
     // Check the valu of the least significant byte.
-    int check = static_cast<int>(p[0]);
-    if (check)
+    if (_check.check)
         cout << "little endian" << endl;
     else
         cout << "big endian" << endl;