From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: double trouble
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:13:47 -0300
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Stephen Snape wrote:

> yes, sorry, this isn't my actual code, I wrote it in the mail quickly, I
> know I forgot the semis etc. What I am trying to do is find out if a 'bit'
> in a double is ON or OFF and return the value. So I am using the int to
> shift through the double and return the value, but I am getting errors. I
> don't want to use a long because I need 64 bits!

    If you want to use a 64-bit integer, then you can use 'long long's.  They
work.  Bit-shifting a double wouldn't produce the arithmetic results you would
expect.  If you do want to quickly multiply (or divide) by powers of 2, then
you can do this:void QuickMultBy2(double& a)
{
 *((lword*)&a+1) += 0x100000;
 }


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