0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to decimal?
1. Identify the elements that make up the binary representation of the number:
The first bit (the leftmost) indicates the sign,
1 = negative, 0 = positive.
0
The next 11 bits contain the exponent:
000 0000 0000
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010
2. Reserved bitpattern.
Notice that all the bits that make up the exponent are on 0 (clear) and at least one bit of the mantissa is set on 1 (set).
This is one of the reserved bitpatterns of the special values of: Denormalized.
Denormalized numbers are too small to be correctly represented so they approximate to zero.
Depending on the sign bit, -0 and +0 are two distinct values though they both compare as equal (0).
3. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
000 0000 0000(2) =
0 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 0 × 25 + 0 × 24 + 0 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 0 × 20 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 =
0(10)
4. Adjust the exponent.
Subtract the excess bits: 2(11 - 1) - 1 = 1023,
that is due to the 11 bit excess/bias notation.
The exponent, adjusted = 0 - 1023 = -1023
5. Convert the mantissa from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The mantissa represents the fractional part of the number (what comes after the whole part of the number, separated from it by a comma).
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 0 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 0 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 0 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 0 × 2-24 + 1 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 0 × 2-30 + 0 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 0 × 2-34 + 1 × 2-35 + 0 × 2-36 + 0 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 0 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 0 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 0 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0 =
0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 029 802 322 387 695 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 232 830 643 653 869 628 906 25 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 25 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 =
0.000 000 626 231 213 107 786 288 674 105 890 095 233 917 236 328 125(10)
6. Put all the numbers into expression to calculate the double precision floating point decimal value:
(-1)Sign × (1 + Mantissa) × 2(Adjusted exponent) =
(-1)0 × (1 + 0.000 000 626 231 213 107 786 288 674 105 890 095 233 917 236 328 125) × 2-1023 =
1.000 000 626 231 213 107 786 288 674 105 890 095 233 917 236 328 125 × 2-1023 = ...
= 0
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1010 1000 0001 1010 0100 1000 0000 0010, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 0(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.