@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-significand-mask

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FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK

High word mask for the significand of a double-precision floating-point number.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-significand-mask

Usage

var FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-significand-mask' );

FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK

High word mask for the significand of a double-precision floating-point number.

// 0x000fffff = 1048575 => 0 00000000000 11111111111111111111
var bool = ( FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK === 0x000fffff );
// returns true

Notes

• The higher order word of a double-precision floating-point number is a 32-bit integer containing the more significant bits which include the exponent and sign.

Examples

var getHighWord = require( '@stdlib/number-float64-base-get-high-word' );
var FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-high-word-significand-mask' );

var x = 11.5;
var hi = getHighWord( x ); // 0 10000000010 01110000000000000000
// returns 1076297728

// Mask off all bits except for the significand bits:
var out = hi & FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK; // 0 00000000000 01110000000000000000
// returns 458752

// Mask on the significand bits and leave other bits unchanged:
out = hi | FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK; // 0 10000000010 11111111111111111111
// returns 1076887551

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C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/constants/float64/high_word_significand_mask.h"

STDLIB_CONSTANT_FLOAT64_HIGH_WORD_SIGNIFICAND_MASK

Macro for the high word mask for the significand of a double-precision floating-point number.

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See Also

• @stdlib/constants-float64/high-word-exponent-mask: high word mask for the exponent of a double-precision floating-point number.

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Changelog

0.1.1 (2023-10-04)

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