Parsing the Data File
Gonella Jayprakash
Greenhorn
Posts: 5
posted 10 years ago
Hi,
I have been able to parse the data file. But I have one question regarding the 2 byte flag that indicates whether the record is valid or deleted. I am not able interpret correctly:
The flag is 2 bytes. If it is deleted record, then it will be stored as 0x8000 (per the assignment). But how can 2 bytes (that is the size of the flag) store 0x8000.
thanks,
Jayprakash
I have been able to parse the data file. But I have one question regarding the 2 byte flag that indicates whether the record is valid or deleted. I am not able interpret correctly:
The flag is 2 bytes. If it is deleted record, then it will be stored as 0x8000 (per the assignment). But how can 2 bytes (that is the size of the flag) store 0x8000.
thanks,
Jayprakash
Barry Gaunt
Ranch Hand
Posts: 7729
posted 10 years ago
0x8000 is 1000 0000 0000 0000 in binary. That's 16 bits (a short in Java terms).
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