From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <cp1v45 AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Forming a float from 4 seperate bytes
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:11:29 -0400
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Ian Miller wrote:

> union both
> {int i, float f} u;

    You could also do:
union {char ch[4]; float f;} u;

Then you wouldn't have to do any shifting or OR'ing.

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     -Rolf Campbell (39)3-6318