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Encode Integer to Hex or Base64 using N Bytes

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Demonstrates how to write an integer to N bytes (little-endian or big-endian) and return the bytes in any encoding such as hex, base64, etc.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkCrypt2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2W crypt;
    int value;
    BOOL bLittleEndian;
    const wchar_t *s;

    crypt = CkCrypt2W_Create();

    // 1193046 decimal is equal to 0x123456 hex.
    value = 1193046;

    // Write the integer in 8 bytes using little-endian byte-order and return as hex
    bLittleEndian = TRUE;
    s = CkCrypt2W_encodeInt(crypt,value,8,bLittleEndian,L"hex");
    // The output is: 5634120000000000
    wprintf(L"%s\n",s);

    // Now use big-endian...
    bLittleEndian = FALSE;
    s = CkCrypt2W_encodeInt(crypt,value,8,bLittleEndian,L"hex");
    // The output is: 0000000000123456
    wprintf(L"%s\n",s);

    // Instead of hex, get the 8 bytes using base64.
    s = CkCrypt2W_encodeInt(crypt,value,8,bLittleEndian,L"base64");
    // The output is: AAAAAAASNFY=
    wprintf(L"%s\n",s);


    CkCrypt2W_Dispose(crypt);

    }