// file: lecture_09/example.cc
//

// local include files
//
#include "example.h"

// method: main
//
// main program starts here
//
int main(int argc, char** argv) {

  // grab the command line value as a short int
  //
  unsigned short val = atoi(argv[1]);
  unsigned char* b = (unsigned char*)&val;

  // display the byte values
  //
  fprintf(stdout, "val = %d, [b1 b0] = [%d %d]\n", val, b[1], b[0]);

  // convert to an unsigned char
  //
  unsigned char c = val;
  fprintf(stdout, "c = %d\n", c);

  // exit gracefully
  //
  exit(0);
}