0 - 100 0011 1011 - 0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 100 0011 1011 - 0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 100 0011 1011 - 0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001, 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:
100 0011 1011
The last 52 bits contain the mantissa:
0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001
2. Convert the exponent from binary (from base 2) to decimal (in base 10).
The exponent is allways a positive integer.
100 0011 1011(2) =
1 × 210 + 0 × 29 + 0 × 28 + 0 × 27 + 0 × 26 + 1 × 25 + 1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 1 × 21 + 1 × 20 =
1,024 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 1 =
1,024 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 2 + 1 =
1,083(10)
3. 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 = 1,083 - 1023 = 60
4. 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).
0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 0 × 2-6 + 1 × 2-7 + 0 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 2-11 + 0 × 2-12 + 0 × 2-13 + 0 × 2-14 + 0 × 2-15 + 1 × 2-16 + 0 × 2-17 + 0 × 2-18 + 0 × 2-19 + 0 × 2-20 + 1 × 2-21 + 1 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 1 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 0 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 1 × 2-31 + 1 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 1 × 2-34 + 0 × 2-35 + 1 × 2-36 + 1 × 2-37 + 1 × 2-38 + 1 × 2-39 + 0 × 2-40 + 1 × 2-41 + 0 × 2-42 + 0 × 2-43 + 1 × 2-44 + 1 × 2-45 + 0 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 0 × 2-48 + 0 × 2-49 + 0 × 2-50 + 0 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0.007 812 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 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 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 056 843 418 860 808 014 869 689 941 406 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.062 5 + 0.007 812 5 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 015 258 789 062 5 + 0.000 000 476 837 158 203 125 + 0.000 000 238 418 579 101 562 5 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 014 901 161 193 847 656 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 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 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 014 551 915 228 366 851 806 640 625 + 0.000 000 000 007 275 957 614 183 425 903 320 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 003 637 978 807 091 712 951 660 156 25 + 0.000 000 000 001 818 989 403 545 856 475 830 078 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 454 747 350 886 464 118 957 519 531 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 056 843 418 860 808 014 869 689 941 406 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 028 421 709 430 404 007 434 844 970 703 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.070 816 950 842 157 888 601 491 322 333 458 811 044 692 993 164 062 5(10)
5. 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 + 0.070 816 950 842 157 888 601 491 322 333 458 811 044 692 993 164 062 5) × 260 =
1.070 816 950 842 157 888 601 491 322 333 458 811 044 692 993 164 062 5 × 260 = ...
= 1 234 567 890 123 456 768
0 - 100 0011 1011 - 0001 0010 0010 0001 0000 1111 0100 0111 1101 1110 1001 1000 0001, a 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard to a decimal number, written in base ten (double) = 1 234 567 890 123 456 768(10)
Spaces were used to group digits: for binary, by 4, for decimal, by 3.