#define COUNTOF(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(*x))

int mergeTwoInts(const int first, const int second)
{
    return (first << 16) | second;
}

int *splitToTwoInts(const unsigned int merged)
{
    int *ret = new int[2];
    ret[0] = (merged >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
    ret[1] = merged & 0xFFFF;
    return ret;
}

void testSplitStrings() {
    unsigned int id [] = { 65533, 65531, 0, 8, 1, 2, 1, 1 };

    int t1, t2, merged;
    for(int i = 0; i < COUNTOF(id); i+=2) {
        merged = mergeTwoInts(id[i], id[i+1]);
        cout << id[i] << " ^= " << id[i+1] << " -> " << merged<< " -> " <<  splitToTwoInts(merged)[0] << " !^ " << splitToTwoInts(merged)[1] << endl;
    }
}