IEEE 754 float representation of a number

[Greg Ewing]

tommys wrote:

> '\x40\x42\x8f\x5c' (IEEE 754 format)
> 
> but instead 
> 
> '@B\x8f\\' was returned.



Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
 >         You likely have the desired bit pattern, just that some bytes in the
 > pattern have printable representations, and hence were displayed with
 > them rather than a \x escape.

Just to check that:

    Python 2.2 (#1, Jul 11 2002, 14:19:37)
    [GCC 3.0.4] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import struct
    >>> s = struct.pack('>f',3.04)
    >>> s
    '@B\x8f\\'

   >>> for c in s:
   ...  print "%02X" % ord(c),
   ... 
   40 42 8F 5C

So, they're the right bytes!


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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
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