BMP decoding

[jojyjoseph]

I was trying to decode bmp file.
#include<stdio. h>

int main ()
{
FILE *fp;
char a[2];
fp=fopen("black buck.bmp","r");
fread(a,sizeof( short int),1,fp);
fclose(fp);
a[2]='\0';
printf("value %x\n",a);
return 0;
}

but the value it shows is coming different. The value is 4d42 for BM. but it is computing 22cd32.

THanks in advance

[johny10151981]

because its printing the base address of the the array,

your printf statement would be

printf("value %x\n",a[0])

if you read binary number then read as unsigned char

[jojyjoseph]

THanks,

for the correction