Function Hi (X : Ordinal type) : Word or byte;
Hi returns the high byte or word from X, depending on the size of X. If the size of X is 4, then the high word is returned. If the size is 2 then the high byte is retuned. hi cannot be invoked on types of size 1, such as byte or char.
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Program Example31;
{ Program to demonstrate the Hi function. }
var
L : Longint;
W : Word;
begin
L:=1 Shl 16; { = $10000 }
W:=1 Shl 8; { = $100 }
Writeln (Hi(L)); { Prints 1 }
Writeln (Hi(W)); { Prints 1 }
end.