Two New Functions for Converting Datatypes and Changing Byte Order

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Two new functions in MATLAB 7.1 (R14SP3) significantly simplify working with numeric datatypes at the byte level. The typecast function converts vector datatypes without changing the underlying bytes, and swapbytes changes endianness.

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