Thread: memcpy for char *

thats what i tried intially it gave me some value like

Code:

printf("float val=%f\n",  *(float *)(ss_ptr));
584860314976236480000000000000000000.000000

what this indicates and more strangely from there it goes default in the switch i really not getting what is the behaviour of float specifically in this case why it is not giving me proper value.

Dear Experts,

any comments on the below post , please tell me why is the behaviour with float is different when it is aligned properly(octaword).