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Re: Internal (bit) representation of float and double.

From: Sisyphus <kalinabears at iinet dot net dot au>
Cc: gcc <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:17:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Internal (bit) representation of float and double.
References: <41A95819.7060506@iinet.net.au>

Sisyphus wrote:

Hi,

If I code:
float a = 1.0;
double b = 1.9;
is there a way I can view the bit structure of a and b ?

Does anyone have a link to an explanation of the way bits are assigned to floats and doubles (with gcc) ?

An offlist reply led me to:

http://www.psc.edu/general/software/packages/ieee/ieee.html

which covers it pretty well.

Cheers,
Rob

References:
- Internal (bit) representation of float and double.
  - From: Sisyphus

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