Is it possible to make a union which behave much like a register? I mean, you could create, lets say XX, and then, after assigning a value to XX, we could get the lower and higher part of the value, with XL and XH. I mean: XX = 0x1234; XL = 0x34; XH = 0x12; From what I understand about unions, I would go to somethin like this: typedef union { unsigned int XX; unsigned char XL; } reg_t; reg_t lol; lol.XX = 0x1234; This way, lol.XL would get the 0x34, but how can I create a variable inside the union that could get the 0x12? (case that is possible)

typedef union{    struct    {        unsigned char xl;        unsigned char xh;    };    unsigned short xx;} reg_t; 

The above assumes a 16-bit register and little-endien.

thx,
that worked fine