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<h2 class="section"> 63.3 Functions and Variables for binary input and output </h2>

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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>assume_external_byte_order</b><i> (<var>byte_order_flag</var>)</i>
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<dd><p>Tells <code>numericalio</code> the byte order for reading and writing binary data.
Two values of <var>byte_order_flag</var> are recognized:
<code>lsb</code> which indicates least-s