0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111 64 Bit Double Precision IEEE 754 Binary Floating Point Representation Standard Converted to Decimal
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111: 64 bit double precision IEEE 754 binary floating point representation standard converted to decimal
What are the steps to convert
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111, 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:
0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111
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).
0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111(2) =
0 × 2-1 + 0 × 2-2 + 0 × 2-3 + 1 × 2-4 + 0 × 2-5 + 1 × 2-6 + 0 × 2-7 + 1 × 2-8 + 0 × 2-9 + 0 × 2-10 + 1 × 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 + 0 × 2-21 + 0 × 2-22 + 1 × 2-23 + 1 × 2-24 + 0 × 2-25 + 0 × 2-26 + 0 × 2-27 + 0 × 2-28 + 1 × 2-29 + 1 × 2-30 + 1 × 2-31 + 0 × 2-32 + 1 × 2-33 + 1 × 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 + 1 × 2-43 + 1 × 2-44 + 0 × 2-45 + 1 × 2-46 + 0 × 2-47 + 1 × 2-48 + 1 × 2-49 + 1 × 2-50 + 1 × 2-51 + 1 × 2-52 =
0 + 0 + 0 + 0.062 5 + 0 + 0.015 625 + 0 + 0.003 906 25 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 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 + 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 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 056 843 418 860 808 014 869 689 941 406 25 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.062 5 + 0.015 625 + 0.003 906 25 + 0.000 488 281 25 + 0.000 000 119 209 289 550 781 25 + 0.000 000 059 604 644 775 390 625 + 0.000 000 001 862 645 149 230 957 031 25 + 0.000 000 000 931 322 574 615 478 515 625 + 0.000 000 000 465 661 287 307 739 257 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 116 415 321 826 934 814 453 125 + 0.000 000 000 058 207 660 913 467 407 226 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 029 103 830 456 733 703 613 281 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 + 0.000 000 000 000 113 686 837 721 616 029 739 379 882 812 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 056 843 418 860 808 014 869 689 941 406 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 014 210 854 715 202 003 717 422 485 351 562 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 003 552 713 678 800 500 929 355 621 337 890 625 + 0.000 000 000 000 001 776 356 839 400 250 464 677 810 668 945 312 5 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 888 178 419 700 125 232 338 905 334 472 656 25 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 444 089 209 850 062 616 169 452 667 236 328 125 + 0.000 000 000 000 000 222 044 604 925 031 308 084 726 333 618 164 062 5 =
0.082 519 713 531 574 501 175 214 209 069 963 544 607 162 475 585 937 5(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 + 0.082 519 713 531 574 501 175 214 209 069 963 544 607 162 475 585 937 5) × 2-1023 =
1.082 519 713 531 574 501 175 214 209 069 963 544 607 162 475 585 937 5 × 2-1023 = ...
= 0
0 - 000 0000 0000 - 0001 0101 0010 0000 0000 0011 0000 1110 1110 0100 1011 0101 1111, 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.