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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Looking For Simple Routine To Put Integer Into Float
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 00:53:41 +0200
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ChristopherL <clusardi2k@aol.com> writes:

> Can you modify the below code to convert an integer variable of 32
> bits to a variable of type float.

Why does it matter that the integer variable is 32 bits?

How many bits does the float type use?

> type Unknown_integer_type is range -(2**16) ..(2**16) -1; -- 32 Bit
> Integer

This looks like a 17-bit integer type to me, not 32-bit.

> An_Unknown_Integer: Unknown_integer_type;
> An_Integer: Integer;
> A_Float: Float;            -- Hoping this float is usually 32 bits

Then it cannot hold a 32-bit integer without losing some precision,
since some of the float's 32 bits will be reserved for the exponent.
But since the integer type is only 17-bit wide, that's OK; the mantissa
of a 32-bit float is very probably wider than 17 bits.

> An_Integer := 1234;
>
> An_Unknown_Integer := An_Integer;
>
> A_Float := Float (An_Unknown_Integer);

That's a type conversion, it assigns the value 1234.0 to A_Float.  Since
you ask a question, I can only assume that that's now what you wanted.
So what is it that you want, exactly?

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.