There is the parse(*type*, *str*[, *base*]) function that will parse *integers* of a given base (link to doc: http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/stdlib/numbers/?highlight=binary#Base.parse), but floats are always parsed as decimal. But using reinterpret, you could do
julia> str = bits(1.0f0) "00111111100000000000000000000000" julia> int = parse(Int32,str,2) 1065353216 julia> reinterpret(Float32,int) 1.0f0 -Jacob On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Sheehan Olver <dlfivefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm lecturing a course that will include basic machine arithmetic, and the > bits function looks very helpful. But is there a way to go back? I.e., I > want a frombits to do: > > > str=bits(1.0f0) # returns *"00111111100000000000000000000000"* > *frombits(Float32,str) # should return 1.0f0* > > >
