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I want to exchange data with an external source, but the problem is that floating point values are passed as little-endian (reverse storage order). How can I set things right in my program?

April 26, 2017Data exchange external floating little-endian point problem source values

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I want to exchange data with an external source, but the problem is that floating point values are passed as little-endian (reverse storage order). How can I set things right in my program?

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TASKING uses the IEEE-754 format for floating point variables. However, others may use the IEEE-754 little-endian format. Here is an example program to reverse the order of storage by means of a union.