HOWTO? float to 4 Bytes, 4 Bytes to float

[Michael]

Hallo NG,

a few jears ago i made myself in c++ a funktion to convert 4 Byte to one
float variable:

//############### ############### ############### ##############
// Make from 4 Bytes one float variable wich is 4 bytes long
//############### ############### ############### ##############
float CAtgGalvanoMach ine::Convert4By tesToFloat(BYTE byte1, BYTE byte2, BYTE
byte3, BYTE byte4)
{
DWORD l,ll,m,e;
float returnvalue=0,m antisse=0;

l = byte1;
l = l << 24;
ll = byte2;
l = l | (ll << 16);
ll = byte3;
l = l | (ll << 8);
ll = byte4;
l = l | ll;

e=l&0x7f800000;
e>>=23;
m=l&0x7fffff;

for(int i=0; i<=23;i++)
{
if(TestBit(m,un signed int(ldexp(1,i)) ))
{
mantisse+=float ((ldexp(1, i-23)));
}
}

returnvalue=flo at(ldexp(1+mant isse, e-127));

return returnvalue;
}
Is their now a ready function in the framework?
and for the other way float to 4 bytes?

Regards

Michael

[Mattias Sjögren]

>Is their now a ready function in the framework?

and for the other way float to 4 bytes?

Use the System.BitConve rter class.

Mattias

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[Oscar Papel]

> but how do I Convert this Byte array back into float?

Their is a method for double :

BitConvert.ToDo uble(bytearray)

but this requiers a 8 Byte array. Theirs no BitConvert.ToFl oat()

Try BitConverter.To Single()

This is a single precision IEEE-754 floating point number (a float in other
words)

Oscar.

[Michael]

Thanks,

thats it

Regards

Michael
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but how do I Convert this Byte array back into float?

Their is a method for double :

BitConvert.ToDo uble(bytearray)

but this requiers a 8 Byte array. Theirs no BitConvert.ToFl oat()
Try BitConverter.To Single()

This is a single precision IEEE-754 floating point number (a float in

other words)

Oscar.