Floating-Point and Integer Data Types

Use floatbytes.exe to see how floating-point and integer values are stored in memory. The program supports extended, double, and single floating-point types, and the following integer types: signed 64-bit, signed 32-bit, unsigned 32-bit, signed 16-bit, unsigned 16-bit, signed 8-bit, and unsigned 8-bit. Both big and little endian are displayed.

Command-line Arguments

• floatbytes
  Starts the program and awaits user input.
• floatbytes n
  Starts the program and displays the data for the floating-point or integer number n, then awaits user input for next number to investigate.
• floatbytes n /c
  Starts the program and displays the data for the floating-point or integer number n, then exits.