From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2006-06-09T09:26:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting 8 bytes to a Float


On 8-Jun-06, at 8:20 PM, Harris Reynolds wrote:

> What is the quickest way to convert 8 bytes to a Float object?
>
> thanks for any help,
>
> ~harris

Probably String#unpack where the string contains the 8 bytes.  You  
will have to pick the right one of the template directive depending  
on the byte order of your data.

Mike

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