copy of float2dec.m

MATLAB source code: This function implements the *(int*)(&float_var).

function y=float2dec(x,k)
% this script is used to get the hex format of a float number
if nargin==1
	k=0;
else
	k=1;
end

if prod(size(x))~=8
	error('Invalid input number!');
end

if k==0
	x=x([7 8 5 6 3 4 1 2]);
end
x=x([2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7]);


x=hex2dec(x')';

fid=fopen('temp.bin','w');
fwrite(fid,x,'ubit4');
fclose(fid);
fid=fopen('temp.bin','r');
y=fread(fid,'float');
fclose(fid);
delete('temp.bin');