realBits

realBits

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Returns the internal representation of the real number x as an integer: the 64 bits of the real in IEEE 754 format (double precision), read as they are as a signed 64-bit integer. The sign, exponent and mantissa therefore end up in the returned integer.

Note that this is not the binary representation of x: realBits(12) does not return 1100 but 4622945017495814144, because the bits of the real 12.0 are read. To get the binary representation of an integer, use binString.

The inverse function is bitsToReal: bitsToReal(realBits(x)) gives back exactly x.

Parameters

• x: The real number whose bits will be returned.

Return

• bits: The 64 IEEE 754 bits of x, as a signed integer.

Note

• Available from LeekScript V4. See also bitsToReal, binString and hexString.