Re: IEEE 754 Standard Help
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg39606] Re: IEEE 754 Standard Help
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 02:41:21 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <b3a647$1go$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "J Hall" <jd.hall at attbi.com>
wrote:
> What is the decimal equivalent of the IEEE Standard 754 binary
> floating-point number
> 0 1000 0100 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 000
FromBinary[s_String]:=
FromDigits[ToExpression /@ DeleteCases[Characters[s], " "], 2]
FromBinary["0 1000 0100 1001 0000 0000 0000 0000 000"]
1112014848
Cheers,
Paul
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