======highByte()   ======

====Description   ====

Extracts the high-order (leftmost) byte of a word (or the second lowest byte of a larger data type).

====Syntax   ====

highByte(x)

====Parameters   ====

x: a value of any type

====Returns   ====

byte

====See also   ====

* [[arduino:bits and bytes:LowByte]]
* [[arduino:conversion:WordCast | word]]
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