// For a discussion see http://stackoverflow.com/q/23697560/228539
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#define BUFFER_SIZE 10
#define ADDRESS 6
 
uint8_t buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] =
{
	[ADDRESS] = 0x37,
	[ADDRESS+1] = 0x42,
};
 
int main(void)
{
	uint16_t a = buffer[ADDRESS] + (buffer[ADDRESS + 1]<<8);
	uint16_t b = *(buffer + ADDRESS) + (*(buffer + ADDRESS + 1)<<8);
	uint16_t c = *((uint16_t *) (buffer + ADDRESS));
	uint16_t d;
	memcpy(&d, &buffer[ADDRESS], sizeof(d));
 
	printf("a: 0x%x\n", a);
	printf("b: 0x%x\n", b);
	printf("c: 0x%x\n", c);
	printf("d: 0x%x\n", d);
 
	return 0;
}
 

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