GetBytes Method (Single)

BitConverter.GetBytes Method (Single)

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Returns the specified single-precision floating point value as an array of bytes.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetBytes ( _
	value As Single _
) As Byte()

Parameters

value
Type: System.Single
The number to convert.

Return Value

Type: 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.

Module Example

   Const formatter As String = "{0,16:E7}{1,20}"

   ' Convert a Single argument to a Byte array and display it.
   Sub GetBytesSingle(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock, ByVal argument As Single)

      Dim byteArray As Byte() = BitConverter.GetBytes(argument)
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(formatter, argument, _
          BitConverter.ToString(byteArray)) & vbCrLf
   End Sub

   Public Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)

      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format( _
          "This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Single ) " & _
          vbCrLf & "method generates the following " & _
          "output." & vbCrLf) & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(formatter, "Single", "Byte array") & vbCrLf
      outputBlock.Text &= String.Format(formatter, "------", "----------") & vbCrLf

      ' Convert Single values and display the results.
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 0.0F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.0F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 15.0F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 65535.0F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 0.00390625F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 0.000000000232830644F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.2345E-35F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.234567F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.23456728F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.23456764F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 1.23456789E+35F)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, Single.MinValue)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, Single.MaxValue)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, Single.Epsilon)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, Single.NaN)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, Single.NegativeInfinity)
      GetBytesSingle(outputBlock, 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


Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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