Lua:floatToByteTable

function floatToByteTable(Number) : Table

Converts a single precision (32-bit) floating point number to a table of bytes.

Function Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Number	Number	The single precision floating point value to convert.

Returns

Table — A table containing the bytes representing the float.

Examples

local bytes = floatToByteTable(3.14)
for i, b in ipairs(bytes) do
  print(string.format("Byte %d: %02X", i, b))
end
-- Output: 4 bytes representing the float in little-endian order

See Also

Main Pages

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• readIntegerLocal
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• readPointerLocal
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