string to int cast

[simple dome]

Try std.mem.readInt(u16, &"ex");

[coral oracle]

the & is incorrect

that would yield a *const *const [2:0]u8

var xy: u16 = @bitCast(@as([2]u8, "ex".*)); should work here

[simple dome]

Oh, right. I'm still stuggling with strings vs slices of bytes.