al_fread16be
int16_t al_fread16be(ALLEGRO_FILE *f)
Reads a 16-bit word in big-endian format (MSB first).
On success, returns the 16-bit word. On failure, returns EOF (-1). Since -1 is also a valid return value, use al_feof to check if the end of the file was reached prematurely, or al_ferror to check if an error occurred.
See also: al_fread16le
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