Word for from lower to higher

‘FROM LOWER TO HIGHER’ is a 17 letter
Phrase
starting with F and ending with R

Crossword answers for FROM LOWER TO HIGHER

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There are multiple ways of achieving that, here are some of them.

Using the Bitwise and/or Shift operators

Applying a right shift in an integer will move the bits to the right, putting zeros to the left.
In the case below, it will shift the size of a short (Int16, as 16 bits).

Applying a logical AND (&) operation in an integer like 0x0000FFFF will basically ‘cut’ the value (where it’s F) and ignore the rest (where it’s 0).
Remember that in the end it’s just a 0b_1 AND 0b_1 = 0b_1 operation, so any 0b_0 AND 0b_1 will result in 0b_0.

Applying a logical OR (|) operation will basically merge the two numbers in this case, like 0b_10 | 0b_01 = 0b_11.

Code:

uint number = 0xDEADBEEF;

//Get the higher order value.
var high = number >> 16;
Console.WriteLine($"High: {high:X}");

//Get the lower order value.
var low = number & 0xFFFF; //Or use 0x0000FFFF
Console.WriteLine($"Low: {low:X}");

//Set a high order value (you can also use 0xFFFF instead of 0x0000FFFF).
uint newHigh = 0xFADE;
number = number & 0x0000FFFF | newHigh << 16;
Console.WriteLine($"New high: {number:X}");

//Set a low order value.
uint newLow = 0xC0DE;
number = number & 0xFFFF0000 | newLow & 0x0000FFFF;
Console.WriteLine($"New low: {number:X}");

Output:

High: DEAD
Low: BEEF
New high: FADEBEEF
New low: FADEC0DE

Using FieldOffsetAttribute in a struct

C# has excellent support for variables sharing the same memory location, and bits structuring.

Since C# has no macro functions like in C, you can use the union approach to speed things up. It’s more performant than passing the variable to methods or extension methods.

You can do that by simply creating a struct with explicit layout and setting the offset of the fields:

Code:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
   
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
struct WordUnion
{
    [FieldOffset(0)]
    public uint Number;

    [FieldOffset(0)]
    public ushort Low;

    [FieldOffset(2)]
    public ushort High;
}
    
public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {        
        var x = new WordUnion { Number = 0xABADF00D };
        Console.WriteLine("{0:X} {1:X} {2:X}", x.Number, x.High, x.Low);

        x.Low = 0xFACE;
        Console.WriteLine("{0:X} {1:X} {2:X}", x.Number, x.High, x.Low);

        x.High = 0xDEAD;
        Console.WriteLine("{0:X} {1:X} {2:X}", x.Number, x.High, x.Low);
    }
}

Output:

ABADF00D ABAD F00D
ABADFACE ABAD FACE
DEADFACE DEAD FACE

Mind that with Visual Studio 2029 (16.7), you still may get zeros in x.High and x.Low when adding the variable x inside the Watch or by hovering your cursor on top of the variables x.High and x.Low directly.

Using unsafe and pointer element access operator []

To a more akin to C programming, but in C#, use unsafe:

Code:

unsafe
{
    uint value = 0xCAFEFEED;

    // x86 is using low-endian. 
    // So low order array number gets the low order of the value
    // And high order array number gets the high order of the value
    Console.WriteLine("Get low order of {0:X}: {1:X}", 
        value, ((ushort*) &value)[0]);

    Console.WriteLine("Get high order of {0:X}: {1:X}", 
        value, ((ushort*) &value)[1]);


    ((ushort*) &value)[1] = 0xABAD;
    Console.WriteLine("Set high order to ABAD: {0:X}", value);

    ((ushort*) &value)[0] = 0xFACE;
    Console.WriteLine("Set low order to FACE: {0:X}", value);
}

Output:

Get low order of CAFEFEED: FEED
Get high order of CAFEFEED: CAFE
Set high order to ABAD: ABADFEED
Set low order to FACE: ABADFACE

Using unsafe and pointer member access operator ->

Another unsafe approach, but this time accessing a member from the WordUnion struct declared in a previous example:

Code:

unsafe
{
    uint value = 0xCAFEFEED;

    Console.WriteLine("Get low order of {0:X}: {1:X}", 
        value, ((WordUnion*) &value)->Low);

    Console.WriteLine("Get high order of {0:X}: {1:X}", 
        value, ((WordUnion*) &value)->High);


    ((WordUnion*) &value)->High = 0xABAD;
    Console.WriteLine($"Set high order to ABAD: {value:X}");

    ((WordUnion*) &value)->Low = 0xFACE;
    Console.WriteLine($"Set low order to FACE: {value:X}");
}

Output:

Get low order of CAFEFEED: FEED
Get high order of CAFEFEED: CAFE
Set high order to ABAD: ABADFEED
Set low order to FACE: ABADFACE

Using the BitConverter class

It simply gets 16 bits (2 bytes, a short/Int16) from the specified number. The offset can be controlled by the second parameter.

Code:

uint value = 0xCAFEFEED;

var low = BitConverter.ToInt16(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 0);
var high = BitConverter.ToInt16(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 2);

Console.WriteLine($"Low: {low:X}");
Console.WriteLine($"High: {high:X}");

Output:

Low: 0xCAFE
High: 0xFEED

These are all words for physically lifting someone or something into a higher position.

There are two common words for this. Lift is used to refer to moving someone or something into a higher position, usually temporarily. You can lift a part of your body, such as your arm or your eyebrows, or you can use your hands or arms to lift other people or things.

The second common word for moving something into a higher position is raise. Raise can be used to describe moving a part of your body, and especially your hand or your eyebrows, into a higher position than normal. When raise is used to describe physically lifting things, it is usually because those things must be put in a higher position to be used.

The opposite of lift and raise is lower.

In formal contexts, you can use the word elevate instead of lift or raise.

If you pick someone or something up, you lift them or it into a higher position using your hands.

If you scoop someone or something up, you lift someone or something with your hands or your arms in a quick and usually smooth motion.

The informal phrasal verb hike up is used to describe lifting something, and especially a piece of clothing that you are wearing, up with a quick motion.

Heft can be used when you lift something heavy using your arms or hands.

If you hoist something or someone heavy, you lift it or them into a higher position, sometimes using ropes or machinery.

You can use the verb winch when talking about lifting heavy things using the help of a machine that uses a tube with a rope or chain wrapped around it to lift or lower things.

If you jack something up, you lift it temporarily off the ground using a special machine called a jack. This phrasal verb is used especially to talk about lifting vehicles off the ground to fix them.