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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Type punning in C
Message-ID: <11242@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 7 Oct 89 01:09:35 GMT
References: <475@idacrd.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <475@idacrd.UUCP> desj@idacrd.UUCP (David desJardins) writes:
>   Does anyone have any ideas on how one should go about converting an
>integer to the floating-point number with the same bit pattern?

The simple answer is, you shouldn't need to do that!

However, C does provide "union" types that can be used for such purposes.
Load the bit pattern into the integer union member and extract it via the
floating-point member.