how to convert a bit pattern stored in 2 ushorts to a float

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I am reading values from a device through a TCP/IP socket that represent an
ANSI float value. However, the values come across as 2 elements in a ushort
array. I need to map the 2 values bit patterns into a floating point number
to get the actual float values being returned.

In C++ I'd finagle it using pointers since a pointer is analogous to an
array. I could just create a ushort pointer, give it the address of a float
variable and assign the values to the pointer using array notation. The float
variable would then have the proper bit pattern.

I don't know how to do that type of thing in C#. Anyone out there know how?

Thanks,

Mike

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

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>I am reading values from a device through a TCP/IP socket that represent an
ANSI float value. However, the values come across as 2 elements in a
ushort
array. I need to map the 2 values bit patterns into a floating point
number
to get the actual float values being returned.

In C++ I'd finagle it using pointers since a pointer is analogous to an
array. I could just create a ushort pointer, give it the address of a
float
variable and assign the values to the pointer using array notation. The
float
variable would then have the proper bit pattern.

I don't know how to do that type of thing in C#. Anyone out there know
how?

Take a look at BitConverter class