Return an unsigned 16-bit integer corresponding to the IEEE 754 binary representation of a half-precision floating-point number.
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> Return an unsigned 16-bit integer corresponding to the [IEEE 754][ieee754] binary representation of a [half-precision floating-point number][ieee754].
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/number-float16-base-to-word
`javascript`
var toWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float16-base-to-word' );
#### toWord( x )
Returns an unsigned 16-bit integer corresponding to the [IEEE 754][ieee754] binary representation of a [half-precision floating-point number][ieee754].
`javascript
var float64ToFloat16 = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-to-float16' );
var f16 = float64ToFloat16( 1.05 );
// returns 1.0498046875
var w = toWord( f16 ); // => 0 01111 0000110011
// returns 15411
`
`javascript
var float64ToFloat16 = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-to-float16' );
var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var map = require( '@stdlib/array-base-map' );
var naryFunction = require( '@stdlib/utils-nary-function' );
var pickArguments = require( '@stdlib/utils-pick-arguments' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var toWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float16-base-to-word' );
// Generate an array of random double-precision floating-point numbers:
var f64 = uniform( 1000, -50.0, 50.0 );
// Convert each value to a half-precision floating-point number:
var f16 = map( f64, naryFunction( float64ToFloat16, 1 ) );
// Convert half-precision floating-point numbers to integers representing the binary literal:
logEachMap( 'float64: %f => float16: %f => word: %d', f64, f16, pickArguments( toWord, [ 1 ] ) );
`
*
`c`
#include "stdlib/number/float16/base/to_word.h"
#### stdlib_base_float16_to_word( x, \*word )
Converts a [half-precision floating-point number][ieee754] to an unsigned 16-bit integer corresponding to the number's [IEEE 754][ieee754] binary representation.
`c
#include "stdlib/number/float16/ctor.h"
#include
uint16_t word;
stdlib_float16_t x = stdlib_float16_from_bits( 51648 ); // => -11.5
stdlib_base_float16_to_word( x, &word );
`
The function accepts the following arguments:
- x: [in] stdlib_float16_t input value.[out] uint16_t*
- word: destination.
`c`
void stdlib_base_float16_to_word( const stdlib_float16_t x, uint16_t *word );
#### stdlib_base_float16_word_t
An opaque type definition for a union for converting between a [half-precision floating-point number][ieee754] and an unsigned 16-bit integer.
`c
#include "stdlib/number/float16/ctor.h"
#include
stdlib_base_float16_word_t w;
// Assign a half-precision floating-point number:
w.value = stdlib_float16_from_bits( 51648 ); // => -11.5
// Retrieve the word:
uint16_t word = w.word;
`
The union has the following members:
- value: stdlib_float16_t [half-precision floating-point number][ieee754].uint16_t
- word: word.
`c
#include "stdlib/number/float64/base/to_float16.h"
#include "stdlib/number/float16/base/to_word.h"
#include
#include
int main( void ) {
const double x[] = { 3.14, -3.14, 0.0, 0.0/0.0 };
stdlib_float16_t v;
uint16_t word;
int i;
for ( i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
v = stdlib_base_float64_to_float16( x[ i ] );
stdlib_base_float16_to_word( v, &word );
printf( "%lf => word: %u\n", x[ i ], word );
}
}
`
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