While type punning through unions is allowed in C, the only way which works in both C and C++ (without breaking the strict aliasing rule) is using memcpy. In such case, the call to memcpy will completely optimized away by every decent compiler.
> Gesendet: Samstag, 06. April 2019 um 11:28 Uhr > Von: "cyrille henry" <c...@chnry.net> > An: "pd-list@lists.iem.at" <pd-list@lists.iem.at> > Betreff: Re: [PD] Getting 32 bit floating point number from 4 sequential bytes > > hello, > I think a better way (that did not need to copy the data) is to use a union : > i.e. 2 different type can be declared in the same memory space. > something like : > > // union type definition > union int_and_float { > int8_t my_int[4]; > float my_float; > }; > > int_and_float my_int_and_float; // declaration of a variable of this type > > my_int_and_float.my_int[0] = 0; // value assignation > my_int_and_float.my_int[1] = 0; > my_int_and_float.my_int[2] = 0; > my_int_and_float.my_int[3] = 0; > > the float data should be in : my_int_and_float.my_float; > > I did not test this code, It will certainly contain syntaxes errors, but > you'll find the way to correct it on internet... > > > An other solution is to use bitwise operator : > > my_float = (byte1 << 24) & (byte2 << 16) & (byte3 << 8) & byte4; > > cheers > Cyrille > > Le 05/04/2019 à 19:04, Arda Eden a écrit : > > I found a method using "memcpy". Seems like it is working for now. > > > > Arda Eden <ardae...@gmail.com <mailto:ardae...@gmail.com>>, 5 Nis 2019 Cum, > > 16:00 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > > > > Hi, > > I am trying to write a Pure Data external for getting real time motion > > capture values from an Xsens system. According to the manual > > (https://xsens.com/download/usermanual/3DBM/MVN_real-time_network_streaming_protocol_specification.pdf), > > the x, y and z coordinates of the skeleton segment positions are > > transferred over network (udp) as sequential 4 bytes (32 bit floating point > > - big endian). > > > > I am reading the udp data with [netreceive] succesfully and able to > > reach any value I need. Now trying to find a way to combine these (big > > endian) sequential 4 bytes in order to get the resulting 32 bit floating > > point number. A little advice would speed me up. > > > > By the way, I studied the [oscparse] source. It was very helpful in > > most ways but also a little complicated too. > > > > Thanks already. > > > > -- > > Arda EDEN > > Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi > > Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi > > Müzik ve Sahne Sanatları Bölümü > > Duysal (Ses) Sanatları Tasarımı Programı > > İstanbul/Türkiye > > > > Yildiz Technical University > > Faculty of Art and Design > > Department of Music and Performing Arts > > Audio Design Program > > Istanbul/Turkey > > > > > > > > -- > > Arda EDEN > > Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi > > Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi > > Müzik ve Sahne Sanatları Bölümü > > Duysal (Ses) Sanatları Tasarımı Programı > > İstanbul/Türkiye > > > > Yildiz Technical University > > Faculty of Art and Design > > Department of Music and Performing Arts > > Audio Design Program > > Istanbul/Turkey > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list