Returns the specified single-precision floating point value as an array of bytes.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function GetBytes ( _
value As Single _
) As Byte()
Dim value As Single
Dim returnValue As Byte()
returnValue = BitConverter.GetBytes(value)
public static byte[] GetBytes(
float value
)
public:
static array<unsigned char>^ GetBytes(
float value
)
public static function GetBytes(
value : float
) : byte[]
Return Value
Type:
array<System..::.Byte>[]()[]An array of bytes with length 4.
The following code example converts the bit patterns of Single values to Byte arrays with the GetBytes method.
' Example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Single ) method.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Module GetBytesSingleDemo
Const formatter As String = "{0,16:E7}{1,20}"
' Convert a Single argument to a Byte array and display it.
Sub GetBytesSingle( argument As Single )
Dim byteArray As Byte( ) = BitConverter.GetBytes( argument )
Console.WriteLine( formatter, argument, _
BitConverter.ToString( byteArray ) )
End Sub
Sub Main( )
Console.WriteLine( _
"This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Single ) " & _
vbCrLf & "method generates the following " & _
"output." & vbCrLf )
Console.WriteLine( formatter, "Single", "Byte array" )
Console.WriteLine( formatter, "------", "----------" )
' Convert Single values and display the results.
GetBytesSingle( 0.0F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.0F )
GetBytesSingle( 15.0F )
GetBytesSingle( 65535.0F )
GetBytesSingle( 0.00390625F )
GetBytesSingle( 0.00000000023283064365386962890625F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345E-35F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345671F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345673F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345677F )
GetBytesSingle( 1.23456789E+35F )
GetBytesSingle( Single.MinValue )
GetBytesSingle( Single.MaxValue )
GetBytesSingle( Single.Epsilon )
GetBytesSingle( Single.NaN )
GetBytesSingle( Single.NegativeInfinity )
GetBytesSingle( Single.PositiveInfinity )
End Sub
End Module
' This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Single )
' method generates the following output.
'
' Single Byte array
' ------ ----------
' 0.0000000E+000 00-00-00-00
' 1.0000000E+000 00-00-80-3F
' 1.5000000E+001 00-00-70-41
' 6.5535000E+004 00-FF-7F-47
' 3.9062500E-003 00-00-80-3B
' 2.3283064E-010 00-00-80-2F
' 1.2345000E-035 49-46-83-05
' 1.2345671E+000 4B-06-9E-3F
' 1.2345673E+000 4D-06-9E-3F
' 1.2345676E+000 50-06-9E-3F
' 1.2345679E+035 1E-37-BE-79
' -3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-FF
' 3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-7F
' 1.4012985E-045 01-00-00-00
' NaN 00-00-C0-FF
' -Infinity 00-00-80-FF
' Infinity 00-00-80-7F
// Example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( float ) method.
using System;
class GetBytesSingleDemo
{
const string formatter = "{0,16:E7}{1,20}";
// Convert a float argument to a byte array and display it.
public static void GetBytesSingle( float argument )
{
byte[ ] byteArray = BitConverter.GetBytes( argument );
Console.WriteLine( formatter, argument,
BitConverter.ToString( byteArray ) );
}
public static void Main( )
{
Console.WriteLine(
"This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( float ) " +
"\nmethod generates the following output.\n" );
Console.WriteLine( formatter, "float", "byte array" );
Console.WriteLine( formatter, "-----", "----------" );
// Convert float values and display the results.
GetBytesSingle( 0.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 15.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 65535.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 0.00390625F );
GetBytesSingle( 0.00000000023283064365386962890625F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345E-35F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345671F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345673F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345677F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.23456789E+35F );
GetBytesSingle( float.MinValue );
GetBytesSingle( float.MaxValue );
GetBytesSingle( float.Epsilon );
GetBytesSingle( float.NaN );
GetBytesSingle( float.NegativeInfinity );
GetBytesSingle( float.PositiveInfinity );
}
}
/*
This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( float )
method generates the following output.
float byte array
----- ----------
0.0000000E+000 00-00-00-00
1.0000000E+000 00-00-80-3F
1.5000000E+001 00-00-70-41
6.5535000E+004 00-FF-7F-47
3.9062500E-003 00-00-80-3B
2.3283064E-010 00-00-80-2F
1.2345000E-035 49-46-83-05
1.2345671E+000 4B-06-9E-3F
1.2345673E+000 4D-06-9E-3F
1.2345676E+000 50-06-9E-3F
1.2345679E+035 1E-37-BE-79
-3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-FF
3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-7F
1.4012985E-045 01-00-00-00
NaN 00-00-C0-FF
-Infinity 00-00-80-FF
Infinity 00-00-80-7F
*/
// Example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( float ) method.
using namespace System;
// Convert a float argument to a byte array and display it.
void GetBytesSingle( float argument )
{
array<Byte>^byteArray = BitConverter::GetBytes( argument );
Console::WriteLine( "{0,16:E7}{1,20}", argument, BitConverter::ToString( byteArray ) );
}
int main()
{
Console::WriteLine( "This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( float ) "
"\nmethod generates the following output.\n" );
Console::WriteLine( "{0,16:E7}{1,20}", "float", "byte array" );
Console::WriteLine( "{0,16:E7}{1,20}", "-----", "----------" );
// Convert float values and display the results.
GetBytesSingle( 0.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 15.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 65535.0F );
GetBytesSingle( 0.00390625F );
GetBytesSingle( 0.00000000023283064365386962890625F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345E-35F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345671F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345673F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.2345677F );
GetBytesSingle( 1.23456789E+35F );
GetBytesSingle( Single::MinValue );
GetBytesSingle( Single::MaxValue );
GetBytesSingle( Single::Epsilon );
GetBytesSingle( Single::NaN );
GetBytesSingle( Single::NegativeInfinity );
GetBytesSingle( Single::PositiveInfinity );
}
/*
This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( float )
method generates the following output.
float byte array
----- ----------
0.0000000E+000 00-00-00-00
1.0000000E+000 00-00-80-3F
1.5000000E+001 00-00-70-41
6.5535000E+004 00-FF-7F-47
3.9062500E-003 00-00-80-3B
2.3283064E-010 00-00-80-2F
1.2345000E-035 49-46-83-05
1.2345671E+000 4B-06-9E-3F
1.2345673E+000 4D-06-9E-3F
1.2345676E+000 50-06-9E-3F
1.2345679E+035 1E-37-BE-79
-3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-FF
3.4028235E+038 FF-FF-7F-7F
1.4012985E-045 01-00-00-00
NaN 00-00-C0-FF
-Infinity 00-00-80-FF
Infinity 00-00-80-7F
*/
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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