BinaryConversion.H

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00001 /*!@file Util/BinaryConversion.H Utilities that relate to converting binary
00002 to float, etc. */
00003 
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00035 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Util/BinaryConversion.H $
00036 // $Id: BinaryConversion.H 12962 2010-03-06 02:13:53Z irock $
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00038 
00039 #ifndef UTIL_BINARYCONVERSION_H_DEFINED
00040 #define UTIL_BINARYCONVERSION_H_DEFINED
00041 
00042 namespace binaryconversion {
00043 
00044   // ######################################################################
00045   // inline function implementations
00046   // ######################################################################
00047 
00048   //! convert an array of 4 bytes to a float
00049   inline float FloatFromBytes(const unsigned char* input, bool msbFirst)
00050   {
00051     float f = 0;
00052     if(msbFirst)
00053       {
00054         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[0] = input[3];
00055         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[1] = input[2];
00056         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[2] = input[1];
00057         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[3] = input[0];
00058       }
00059     else
00060       {
00061         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[0] = input[0];
00062         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[1] = input[1];
00063         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[2] = input[2];
00064         ((unsigned char*)(&f))[3] = input[3];
00065       }
00066     return f;
00067   }
00068 
00069 }; // namespace binary conversion
00070 
00071 // ######################################################################
00072 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00073 /* Local Variables: */
00074 /* mode: c++ */
00075 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00076 /* End: */
00077 
00078 #endif // UTIL_BINARYCONVERSION_H_DEFINED
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