@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask
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High word mask for the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.
@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask is a package that provides a constant representing the mask for the exponent bits of a double-precision floating-point number (float64). This is useful in low-level bit manipulation tasks, particularly when working with the IEEE 754 standard for floating-point arithmetic.
Accessing the Exponent Mask
This feature allows you to access the constant value representing the exponent mask for a double-precision floating-point number. The mask can be used in bitwise operations to isolate or manipulate the exponent bits of a float64 number.
const EXPONENT_MASK = require('@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask');
console.log(EXPONENT_MASK); // 2146435072The math-float64-exponent package provides utilities for extracting the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number. While it focuses on extracting the exponent, @stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask provides the mask itself for more general bitwise operations.
The bit-twiddle package offers a variety of bit manipulation utilities, including functions for working with floating-point numbers. It is more general-purpose compared to @stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask, which specifically provides the exponent mask constant.
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High word mask for the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.
npm install @stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask
var FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_EXPONENT_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask' );
High word mask for the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.
// 0x7ff00000 = 2146435072 => 0 11111111111 00000000000000000000
var bool = ( FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_EXPONENT_MASK === 0x7ff00000 );
// returns true
var getHighWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-get-high-word' );
var FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_EXPONENT_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-exponent-mask' );
var x = 11.5;
var hi = getHighWord( x ); // 0 10000000010 01110000000000000000
// returns 1076297728
// Mask off all bits except for the exponent bits:
var out = hi & FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_EXPONENT_MASK; // 0 10000000010 00000000000000000000
// returns 1075838976
// Mask on the exponent bits and leave other bits unchanged:
out = hi | FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_EXPONENT_MASK; // 0 11111111111 01110000000000000000
// returns 2146893824
#include "stdlib/constants/float64/high_word_exponent_mask.h"
Macro for the high word mask for the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.
@stdlib/constants-float64/high-word-significand-mask: high word mask for the significand of a double-precision floating-point number.This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.
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