how to convert double to byte[] openvms format?

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troy@makaro.com - 31 Dec 2005 00:34 GMT

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to convert a double in java to an
array of 8 bytes that is compatible with openvms alpha programs. It's
more complicated than a big endian/little endian issue. Any ideas?

A double on openvms of '3495.0' has the following 8 bytes:
90 70 0 112 0 0 0 0 (openVMS Basic program was used to get the bytes)

A GFloat on openvms of '3495.0' has the following 8 bytes:
-53 64 0 78 0 0 0 0 (openVMS Basic program was used to get the bytes)

A double in java of '3495' has the following 8 bytes:
64 -85 78 0 0 0 0 0

Note that I can convert the double in java to a gfloat by doing a big
endian/little endian swap and adding 32 to the second byte.

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castillo.bryan@gmail.com - 02 Jan 2006 05:26 GMT

Take a look at this page.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/basic/basic_doc/bas_um_028.htm

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Roedy Green - 02 Jan 2006 14:48 GMT

>Hi, I am trying to figure out how to convert a double in java to an
>array of 8 bytes that is compatible with openvms alpha programs. It's
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>Note that I can convert the double in java to a gfloat by doing a big
>endian/little endian swap and adding 32 to the second byte.

This will be much easier if you find documentation on the openvms
floating point format. Once you get it in it is a matter of
extracting bits, changing offsets and packing them together again.

If that is impossible to find, try looking at the formats for numbers
like
0 1 .5 .75 etc until you gradually piece together what the bits are
for.

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Jim Korman - 02 Jan 2006 15:59 GMT

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>This will be much easier if you find documentation on the openvms
>floating point format. Once you get it in it is a matter of
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>0 1 .5 .75 etc until you gradually piece together what the bits are
>for.

Goggling ["OpenVMS double binary format"] gets

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/basic/basic_doc/bas_um_028.htm

Appears to be what you're looking for.

Jim

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