Thread: saving a double to a file as 4 characters?

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    saving a double to a file as 4 characters?

    ok i have a script for an interpreted language that i use to change large numbers into only 4 bytes inside a file. this is the script:

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    {
        var 
    valuebytestackMASKinumBytes;
        
        
    MASK 255;
        
        
    value    argument0;
        
    stack    argument1;
        
    numBytes argument2;
        
        
    //Push the low-order byte on the stack, moving other bytes lower.
        
    for (0numBytes+= 1)
        {
            
    byte MASK value;
        
            
    ds_stack_push(stackbyte);
        
            
    value value >> 8;
        }

    the problem is the ds_stack, i don't know how i can mock that in c++. I know c++ you can make stacks, but i'm just wondering is there a way to get around it. i don't know how to use a c++ stack very well yet so... any help would be appreciated.

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    well, the sizeof(double) probably will not be 4 bytes -- sizeof(double) on 32-bit machine is 8, not 4.

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    You can use fwrite() (or whatever the C++ equivalent is) to write a variable to a binary file.

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    And what's var? Is it a typedef or something?
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    the script was for a different language. var specifies a variable that will go out of scope when the function ends.

    ancient dragon, i don't see what you are saying. i don't think sizeof() does what i want.

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    He's just saying that you can't store an 8 byte variable in 4 bytes without losing some of its precision. A float would fit into 4 bytes.
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    errr. ok i'm dumb. i meant float not double. thank you for your help.

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