@divye and abhishek : Thanks :) On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:00 PM, DK <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please read the specifications IEEE 754 for representation of single digit > floating point numbers. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_precision_floating-point_format > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008 > > In short, the format is: > (1) (8) (23) > | sign bit | exponent + 127 | mantissa | > > given the number is represented in base 2 format. > > eg. 5.375 = 101 + bin(.375) > bin(.375) > 0.375 x 2 = 0.75 (0) > 0.75 x 2 = 1.5 (1) > 0.5 x 2 = 1. > therefore bin(5.375) = 101.011 > Shifting decimal point = 1.01011 x 2^2 > > Sign bit = 0 > Exponent = 127 + 2 = 129 = 1000 0001 > Mantissa = 0101 1000 0000 0000 0000 000 > > > Floating point representation: > 0 | 1000 0001 | 0101 1000 0000 0000 0000 000| > > -- > DK > > http://www.divye.in > http://twitter.com/divyekapoor > http://gplus.to/divyekapoor > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/algogeeks/-/GahSJFDLuF0J. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards Rajeev N B <http://www.opensourcemania.co.cc> "*Winners Don't do Different things , they do things Differently"* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
