<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes? --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:09:37 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.980906215952.30075A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00975.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00977.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00992.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00978.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00976">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00976">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00976">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: mud-dev <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:06:47 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> What is the standard way (if there is one) to encode floating point numbers (double too I guess) into bytes for transport accross the network. I'm using c++, on both ends (encode/decode). It would seem like there would be a method to do this somewhere! Thanks, Ben Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00994" HREF="msg00994.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com></li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00978" HREF="msg00978.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "T. 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Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Mon 07 Sep 1998, 14:53 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00979" HREF="msg00979.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Mon 07 Sep 1998, 16:06 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00981" HREF="msg00981.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Mon 07 Sep 1998, 17:43 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00984" HREF="msg00984.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE QUESTION] How to encode floats into bytes?</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 07 Sep 1998, 18:07 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>