Is there a function to tell if Matlab is using little-endian or big-endian on current computer?

Is there a function to tell if Matlab is using little-endian or big-endian on current computer?

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

See the third output from the computer function.

[str, maxsize, endianness] = computer

str = 'GLNXA64'

maxsize = 2.8147e+14

endianness = 'L'

Answer 2

[Matt J]

function endianType = checkEndian()

    % Typecast uint16(1) to uint8 to examine the byte order
    byteValue = typecast(uint16(1), 'uint8');
    
    % Check the first byte to determine endianness
    if byteValue(1) == 1
        endianType = 'little-endian';
    else
        endianType = 'big-endian';
    end
end