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Golang math.Float64frombits() Function with Examples

Golang | math.Float64frombits() Function: Here, we are going to learn about the Float64frombits() function of the math package with its usages, syntax, and examples.
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math.Float64frombits()

The Float64frombits() function is an inbuilt function of the math package which is used to get the floating-point number corresponding to the IEEE 754 binary representation b, with the sign bit of b and the result in the same bit position. Where b is the given parameter.

It accepts a parameter (b) and returns the floating-point number corresponding to the IEEE 754 binary representation b.

Syntax:

func Float64frombits(b uint64) float64

Parameter(s):

• b : The value of uint64 type whose floating-point number corresponding to the IEEE 754 binary representation is to be found.

Return Value:

The return type of Float64frombits() function is a float64, it returns the floating-point number corresponding to the IEEE 754 binary representation of the given parameter.

Example 1:

// Golang program to demonstrate the
// example of math.Float64frombits() Function

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(0))
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(4617315517961601024))
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(13840687554816376832))
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(4622100592565682176))
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(13845472629420457984))
	fmt.Println(math.Float64frombits(4576918229304087675))
}

Output:

0
5
-5
10.5
-10.5
0.01

Example 2:

// Golang program to demonstrate the
// example of math.Float64frombits() Function

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math"
)

func main() {
	var x uint64
	var Float64frombitsX float64

	x = 0
	Float64frombitsX = math.Float64frombits(x)
	fmt.Println("Float64frombits(", x, ") = ", Float64frombitsX)

	x = 4602678819172646912
	Float64frombitsX = math.Float64frombits(x)
	fmt.Println("Float64frombits(", x, ") = ", Float64frombitsX)

	x = 4618441417868443648
	Float64frombitsX = math.Float64frombits(x)
	fmt.Println("Float64frombits(", x, ") = ", Float64frombitsX)

	x = 13841813454723219456
	Float64frombitsX = math.Float64frombits(x)
	fmt.Println("Float64frombits(", x, ") = ", Float64frombitsX)

	x = 13817944376698155827
	Float64frombitsX = math.Float64frombits(x)
	fmt.Println("Float64frombits(", x, ") = ", Float64frombitsX)
}

Output:

Float64frombits( 0 ) =  0
Float64frombits( 4602678819172646912 ) =  0.5
Float64frombits( 4618441417868443648 ) =  6
Float64frombits( 13841813454723219456 ) =  -6
Float64frombits( 13817944376698155827 ) =  -0.15

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