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Re: Convert 8 byte array to double [message #94017 is a reply to message #94016]

Wed, 21 December 2016 03:19

Heinz Stege
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Registered: January 2003

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One more thought: Of course you have to use double instead of float.
If you are expecting 0.6 as the result, the given number is little
endian. This can be considered in by:

litle_endian=byte(1s,0,1)
print,double(litle_endian? a : reverse(a),0,1)

Cheers, Heinz

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		Convert 8 byte array to double By: LNpellen on Wed, 21 December 2016 02:25
		Re: Convert 8 byte array to double By: Heinz Stege on Wed, 21 December 2016 02:47
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