BitConverter.GetBytes Method (Single)
.NET Framework (current version)
Returns the specified single-precision floating point value as an array of bytes.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
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Type:
System.Single
The number to convert.
The order of bytes in the array returned by the GetBytes method depends on whether the computer architecture is little-endian or big-endian.
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
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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