Mask for excluding the sign bit of a single-precision floating-point number.
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> Mask for excluding the sign bit of a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754].
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/constants-float32-abs-mask
`javascript`
var FLOAT32_ABS_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float32-abs-mask' );
#### FLOAT32_ABS_MASK
Mask for excluding the sign bit of a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754].
`javascript`
// 0x7fffffff = 2147483647 => 0 11111111 11111111111111111111111
var bool = ( FLOAT32_ABS_MASK === 0x7fffffff );
// returns true
`javascript
var toWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float32-base-to-word' );
var fromWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float32-base-from-word' );
var FLOAT32_ABS_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float32-abs-mask' );
var x = -11.5;
var w = toWord( x ); // 1 10000010 01110000000000000000000
// returns 3223781376
// Turn off the sign bit and leave other bits unchanged:
var out = w & FLOAT32_ABS_MASK; // 0 10000010 01110000000000000000000
// returns 1076297728
// Generate a new value:
out = fromWord( out );
// returns 11.5
`
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`c`
#include "stdlib/constants/float32/abs_mask.h"
#### STDLIB_CONSTANT_FLOAT32_ABS_MASK
Macro for the mask for excluding the sign bit of a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754].
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- [@stdlib/constants-float32/exponent-mask][@stdlib/constants/float32/exponent-mask]: mask for the exponent of a single-precision floating-point number.
- [@stdlib/constants-float32/sign-mask][@stdlib/constants/float32/sign-mask]: mask for the sign bit of a single-precision floating-point number.
- [@stdlib/constants-float32/significand-mask][@stdlib/constants/float32/significand-mask]: mask for the significand of a single-precision floating-point number.
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