Am 01.07.2008 um 07:27 schrieb David Finlayson:
OK, I've got an object that can read int and uint for 8, 16, 24 and 32
bit numbers from a binary file stream. But I cant figure out how to
read a float or double. What I want is something like this (these
don't work):
double
| n |
n := Float from: (aFileStream next: 32).
^n
float
| n |
n := Float from: (aFileStream next: 16).
^n
Any tips?
Well, for one, C floats are 4 bytes and doubles are 8 bytes as defined
by IEEE, so your code couldn't possibly work.
Secondly, Squeak Floats are represented as C doubles (inspect a Float,
you will see two 32-bit words = 8 bytes), only in FloatArrays we have
single-precision (32 bits = 4 bytes) floats that are converted to/from
doubles on the fly when you access them.
You can see how to read/write Floats (doubles) in the readFloat:/
writeFloat: methods of DataStream. And to convert a Float into the bit
pattern for singles there is Float>>asIEEE32BitWord and Float
class>>fromIEEE32Bit:.
If speed was a concern you could use a FloatArray and set/get the 32
bit word using #basicAt:/#basicAt:put: for about a 3x speed-up.
- Bert -
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