full adder/subtracter with carry

highbyte = B00000000; //cmd0 NOP to read control SDO
lowbyte = B00000000;
digitalWrite(SSP, LOW);
rdacsethigh = SPI.transfer(highbyte); //sent cmd0
rdacsetlow = SPI.transfer(lowbyte); //and read SDO
digitalWrite(SSP, HIGH);

Sorry I am an electrical engineer, im not into software. How do I convert into and out of the integer?