Re: Pascal single to Java float

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From: Steve Schafer (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 22:39:05 -0500, "David Edson" <edson@lisco.com>
wrote:

>Is there a direct way to convert a 4byte Pascal single to a Java float?
>I've tried various assignments of the bytes, but evidently the bit storage
>is not the same.

The internal format should be the same. What is probably tripping you
up is that the Pascal single is represented in little-endian byte
order, while the Java float is big-endian. So, just reverse the order
of the four bytes and that should be all you have to do.

-Steve

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