// Ivan Novick
// January 31, 2008

#include <iostream>

// This union allows us to access a long as if it was char array
union BYTES
{
    long number;
    char buf[];
};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    BYTES b;

    // this is the integer which represents "HI!" when access as a char array
    b.number = 2181448;

    // print out all the ascii codes of the string
    for (int i=0; i < sizeof(long); ++i)
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << (int)b.buf[i] << std::endl;
    }

    // print out the data as a string
    // "HI!"
    std::cout << b.buf << std::endl;

    return 0;
}