BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble Method

// Example of the BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble method.
using System;

class Int64BitsToDoubleDemo
{
    const string formatter = "{0,20}{1,27:E16}";

    // Reinterpret the long argument as a double.
    public static void LongBitsToDouble( long argument )
    {
        double doubleValue;
        doubleValue = BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble( argument );

        // Display the argument in hexadecimal.
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, 
            String.Format( "0x{0:X16}", argument ), doubleValue );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "This example of the BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble( " +
            "long ) \nmethod generates the following output.\n" );
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "long argument", 
            "double value" );
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "-------------", 
            "------------" );

        // Convert long values and display the results.
        LongBitsToDouble( 0 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x3FF0000000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x402E000000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x406FE00000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x41EFFFFFFFE00000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x3F70000000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x3DF0000000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x0000000000000001 );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x000000000000FFFF );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFF );
        LongBitsToDouble( unchecked( (long)0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ) );
        LongBitsToDouble( unchecked( (long)0xFFF0000000000000 ) );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x7FF0000000000000 );
        LongBitsToDouble( unchecked( (long)0xFFEFFFFFFFFFFFFF ) );
        LongBitsToDouble( 0x7FEFFFFFFFFFFFFF );
        LongBitsToDouble( long.MinValue );
        LongBitsToDouble( long.MaxValue );
    }
}

/*
This example of the BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble( long )
method generates the following output.

       long argument               double value
       -------------               ------------
  0x0000000000000000    0.0000000000000000E+000
  0x3FF0000000000000    1.0000000000000000E+000
  0x402E000000000000    1.5000000000000000E+001
  0x406FE00000000000    2.5500000000000000E+002
  0x41EFFFFFFFE00000    4.2949672950000000E+009
  0x3F70000000000000    3.9062500000000000E-003
  0x3DF0000000000000    2.3283064365386963E-010
  0x0000000000000001    4.9406564584124654E-324
  0x000000000000FFFF    3.2378592100206092E-319
  0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFF    1.3906711615669959E-309
  0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF                        NaN
  0xFFF0000000000000                  -Infinity
  0x7FF0000000000000                   Infinity
  0xFFEFFFFFFFFFFFFF   -1.7976931348623157E+308
  0x7FEFFFFFFFFFFFFF    1.7976931348623157E+308
  0x8000000000000000    0.0000000000000000E+000
  0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF                        NaN
*/