other binary representations of a Float64 julia> exp1_inStdHexFormat = @sprintf("%a",exp(1.0)) "0x1.5bf0a8b145769p+1"
julia> parse(Float64,exp1_inStdHexFormat) 2.718281828459045 and from my satchel exp1_as_float = exp(1.0) 2.718281828459045 exp1_as_unsigned = reinterpret(Uint64, exp1_as_float) 0x4005bf0a8b145769 exp1 = reinterpret(Float64, exp1_as_unsigned) 2.718281828459045 On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 12:27:23 PM UTC-4, Marcus Appelros wrote: > > Also possible with the bits function: > julia> bits(1.0) > "0011111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" >