Lua:floatToByteTable

function floatToByteTable(Number) : table

Converts a DWORD (4 bytes), interpreted as a single precision floating point, to a byte table.

Function Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Number	number	The number to convert to a byte table

Examples

 local bt = floatToByteTable(100.0)
 writeBytes('00123ABC', bt)

Code:

 local bt = floatToByteTable(10)
 for i, v in ipairs(bt) do
   print(i - 1, string.format('%02X', v))
 end

Output:

 0 00 
 1 00 
 2 20 
 3 41

Code:

 local bt = floatToByteTable(10.9)
 for i, v in ipairs(bt) do
   print(i - 1, string.format('%02X', v))
 end

Output:

 0 66 
 1 66 
 2 2E 
 3 41 

See also

• Lua
• Script engine

Related Functions

• readBytes
• readSmallInteger
• readInteger
• readQword
• readPointer
• readFloat
• readDouble
• readString
• writeBytes
• writeSmallInteger
• writeInteger
• writeQword
• writeFloat
• writeDouble
• writeString
• readBytesLocal
• readIntegerLocal
• readQwordLocal
• readPointerLocal
• readFloatLocal
• readDoubleLocal
• readStringLocal
• writeBytesLocal
• writeIntegerLocal
• writeQwordLocal
• writeFloatLocal
• writeDoubleLocal
• writeStringLocal
• wordToByteTable
• dwordToByteTable
• qwordToByteTable
• floatToByteTable
• doubleToByteTable
• stringToByteTable
• wideStringToByteTable
• byteTableToWord
• byteTableToDword
• byteTableToQword
• byteTableToFloat
• byteTableToDouble
• byteTableToString
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