Return the two least significant bytes of a value. - Java java.lang

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Return the two least significant bytes of a value.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        int value = 2;
        System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(getBytes(value)));
    }

    /**
     * Return the two least significant bytes of a value.
     * The least signifcant byte is returned first (at index 0)
     * @param value the value to convert to bytes
     * @return a byte array of size 2 with LSB first.
     */
    public static byte[] getBytes(int value) {
        byte[] rval = new byte[2];
        // Least significant byte first.
        rval[0] = (byte) (value & 0xff);
        rval[1] = (byte) ((value >>> 8) & 0xff);
        return rval;
    }
}

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