Java Basic Data Type

Basic Type	Size	Minimum value	Maximum Value
Boolean	-----	-----	------
Char	16-bit	Unicode 0	Unicode 2 ^ 16-1
Byte	8-bit	-128	+ 127
Short	16-bit	-2 ^ 15	+ 2 ^ 15-1
Int	32-bit	-2 ^ 31	+ 2 ^ 31-1
Long	64-bit	-2 ^ 63	+ 2 ^ 63-1
Float	32-bit	Ieee754	Ieee754
Double	64-bit	Ieee754	Ieee754
Void

Note! : The ^ In the table represents the power ~

Use the float class to save development time
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Even if you know the IEEE floating point number, you may have never processed this type of data in bits. Next I will show you how to process IEEE floating point numbers one by one in bits. Next time when your Java project needs to create floating point numbers from the bit sequence or the floating point to create a bit sequence, you will know that the float class can complete this job.

IEEE floating point number

The IEEE 754 floating point single-precision numeric format defines a bit layout for storing floating point numbers. In the blank bit layout, one bit is reserved as the symbol bit, eight bits are reserved as the index, and 23 bits are reserved as the ending number. These bits are arranged from the most important to the least important, as shown in the following example:

 
 
31 0
|
Seeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Where:

S = symbol bit
E = index
M = tail

You can purchase a full IEEE floating point number explanation from the IEEE site. (If you search for IEEE 754 online, you can find the free version .)

Float's contribution to the Java Community

The following example program uses two float methods to convert a floating point number to a bit, and then converts the bit to a floating point number.

The float. floattointbits (float f) method can be used to convert a floating point number into a bit sequence. This method returns a 32-bit integer representing the IEEE 754-bit arrangement of the floating point you provide as the parameter.

The float. intbitstofloat (INT bits) method can be used for reverse conversion. This method accepts the passed integers as parameters and converts these bits into an IEEE floating point number.

The following is an example program:

Public class bitstip {
Public static void main (string ARGs []) {
Float F = float. parsefloat (ARGs [0]);
Int bits = float. floattointbits (f );

System. Out. println ("bits:" + bits );
System. Out. println ("back to float:" + float. intbitstofloat (BITs ));
}
}

If you have to manually perform this conversion, you will appreciate the two simple methods for saving your work. If you are processing 64-bit data, you can use the double Wrapper class. This class provides the same method for handling IEEE 754 double-precision floating point numbers.

You 'd better read about Javadoc and check the conversion between floating point numbers and bit sequences so that you can fully understand what these methods can do for you.