{{fbdoc item="title" value="HIBYTE"}}----
Gets the second byte of the operand.

{{fbdoc item="syntax"}}##
	[[KeyPgPpdefine|#define]] **Hibyte**( //expr// ) (([[KeyPgCast|Cast]]([[KeyPgUinteger|Uinteger]], //expr//) [[KeyPgOpAnd|and]] &h0000FF00) [[KeyPgOpShiftRight|shr]] 8)
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{{fbdoc item="usage"}}##
	//result// = **Hibyte**( //expr// )
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{{fbdoc item="param"}}
	##//expr//##
		A numeric expression, converted to an ##[[KeyPgUinteger|Uinteger]]## value.

{{fbdoc item="ret"}}
	Returns the value of the high byte of the low 16bit word of //expr//.

{{fbdoc item="desc"}}
	This macro converts the numeric expression ##//expr//## to an ##[[KeyPgUinteger|Uinteger]]## value, then expands to an ##[[KeyPgUinteger|Uinteger]]## representing the value of its second byte - that is the most-significant (high) byte of the least-significant (low) 16bit word of //expr//.

{{fbdoc item="ex"}}
{{fbdoc item="filename" value="examples/manual/bits/hibyte.bas"}}%%(freebasic)
DIM N AS UINTEGER

'Note there are 16 bits
N = &b1010101110000001
PRINT "N is                                       "; N
PRINT "The binary representation of N is          "; BIN(N)
PRINT "The most significant byte (MSB) of N is    "; HIBYTE(N)
PRINT "The least significant byte (LSB) of N is   "; LOBYTE(N)
PRINT "The binary representation of the MSB is    "; BIN(HIBYTE(N))
PRINT "The binary representation of the LSB is    "; BIN(LOBYTE(N))
SLEEP
%%

The output would look like:
%%
N Is                                       43905
The Binary representation of N Is          1010101110000001
The most significant Byte (MSB) of N Is    171
The least significant Byte (LSB) of N Is   129
The Binary representation of the MSB Is    10101011
The Binary representation of the LSB Is    10000001
%%

{{fbdoc item="lang"}}
	- Not available in the //[[CompilerOptlang|-lang qb]]// dialect unless referenced with the alias ##**""__HIBYTE""**##.

{{fbdoc item="diff"}}
	- New to ""FreeBASIC""

{{fbdoc item="see"}}
	- ##[[KeyPgLoByte|Lobyte]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgLoWord|Loword]]##
	- ##[[KeyPgHiword|Hiword]]##

{{fbdoc item="back" value="CatPgBits|Bit Manipulation"}}