Convert a single-precision floating-point number to the nearest half-precision floating-point number.
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> Convert a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754] to the nearest [half-precision floating-point number][half-precision-floating-point-format].
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/number-float32-base-to-float16
`javascript`
var float32ToFloat16 = require( '@stdlib/number-float32-base-to-float16' );
#### float32ToFloat16( x )
Converts a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754] to the nearest [half-precision floating-point number][half-precision-floating-point-format].
`javascript
var float64ToFloat32 = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-to-float32' );
var y = float32ToFloat16( float64ToFloat32( 1.337 ) );
// returns 1.3369140625
`
`javascript
var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var pickArguments = require( '@stdlib/utils-pick-arguments' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var float32ToFloat16 = require( '@stdlib/number-float32-base-to-float16' );
// Generate an array of random numbers:
var f32 = uniform( 100, 0.0, 100.0, {
'dtype': 'float32'
});
// Convert each single-precision floating-point number to the nearest half-precision floating-point number:
logEachMap( 'float32: %f => float16: %f', f32, pickArguments( float32ToFloat16, [ 1 ] ) );
`
*
`c`
#include "stdlib/number/float32/base/to_float16.h"
#### stdlib_base_float32_to_float16( x )
Converts a [single-precision floating-point number][ieee754] to the nearest [half-precision floating-point number][half-precision-floating-point-format].
`c
#include "stdlib/number/float16/ctor.h"
stdlib_float16_t x = stdlib_base_float32_to_float16( 3.14f );
`
The function accepts the following arguments:
- x: [in] float input value.
`c`
stdlib_float16_t stdlib_base_float32_to_float16( const float x );
`c
#include "stdlib/number/float32/base/to_float16.h"
#include "stdlib/number/float16/ctor.h"
#include
#include
int main( void ) {
const float x[] = { 3.14f, -3.14f, 0.0f, 0.0f/0.0f };
stdlib_float16_t v;
int i;
for ( i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
v = stdlib_base_float32_to_float16( x[ i ] );
printf( "%f => uint16: %d\n", x[ i ], stdlib_float16_to_bits( v ) );
}
}
`
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