Re: [LUG] Maths! not my strong point

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mike wrote:
> OK,
>
> Do I have a bit code that has taken me ages to get right.
> In perl...
>
> What I need to do is take 51.1234 and turn in back into a binary  string.
>
> (This is actually taking 4 hex values that are a float and turning them
> into a value, so the hex values is actually 844C7E5C which = 51.1234,
> need to go the other way, 51.1234 -> 844C7E5C)

Why re-invent the wheel? Use CPAN.

http://search.cpan.org/~smueller/Bundle-Math-Base-1.00/Base.pm

Why do it yourself when the code is tested and proven and a simple:
use Bundle::Math
away.

:-)

TIMTOWTDI


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