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In article <5qcobl$c5q@tuegate.tue.nl>, Eric Meijer wrote:
->dave (drs@cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
->: [G++ 2.7.2 or VC++ 4.0]
->
->: Greetings,
->
->: I need to convert a data string like this:
->
->: 	"111 134 27 240 249 33 9 64" (dec.)
->: 	"6F 86 1B F0 F9 21 09 40" (hex)         
->[... into a double precisionnumber ... ]
->
->What about
->
->------------------------------------------------------------------------
->#include <iostream.h"
->
->int main() {
->  signed char bytes={111,134,27,240,249,33,9,64};
->  double* d = (double *)bytes;
->  cout << bytes << endl;
->}
->------------------------------------------------------------------------
->
->If I compile this with g++ 2.7.2, It prints 3.14159.  That looks like a
->non random number to me.  I wouldn't claim this is any portable, but it
->does seem to work.

The above must be an old version of your attempt -- or you've got
a _very_ non-portable g++ compiler!

This works better (and does print 3.14159):
------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <iostream.h>

int main() {
  signed char bytes[]={111,134,27,240,249,33,9,64};
  double* d = (double *)bytes;
  cout << *d << endl;
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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