Lua:doubleToByteTable

function doubleToByteTable(Number) : table

Converts a QWORD (8 bytes), interpreted as a double precision floating point, to a byte table.

Examples[edit]

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

Code:

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

Output:

Code:

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

Output:

 0 CD 
 1 CC 
 2 CC 
 3 CC 
 4 CC 
 5 CC 
 6 25 
 7 40