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kagato1980 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:05 pm Post subject: Don't understand CE memory values

See the screenshot..my memory location is both 500 (float) and a large integer (1140457472)..how can these both be true?

Tried to ask this on Stackoverflow but they were just like 'uhh that cant be, closing question' lol

MMM-304 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:46 pm Post subject:

aob = 00 00 FA 43
4byte (hex)form = 43FA0000
4byte (int)form = 1140457472
4byte Float form = 500.00

kagato1980 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:39 pm Post subject:

Yes those are the datatypes, I understand..but what I'm struggling with is the float is such a small number, and the int form so large? Maybe I should read a bit about floating point values first

Dark Byte · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:37 pm Post subject:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:38 pm Post subject:

Everything gets converted to 0s and 1s (bits) when stored as data on a computer. Those different values you're seeing - i.e. integers and floats - are different ways of interpreting the same sequence of 0s and 1s. Viewing one type of data as another doesn't make sense most of the time.

Unsigned integers are just stored in base 2. Signed integers use two's complement. Floating point values are encoded as is defined in technical standard IEEE 754 & ISO/IEC 60559. All multi-byte values are stored in little endian.
For floating point numbers, read this for a basic introduction:
http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html

kagato1980 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks y'all I'll check it out