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darktachyon
darktachyon

Reputation: 268

Converting hex string representation to float in python

I have data in IEEE 745 hexadecimal format: 0x1.5c28f5c28f5c3p-1

How would I convert this to a float in python? is this a standard module?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 15417

Answers (2)

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798686

>>> float.fromhex('0x1.5c28f5c28f5c3p-1')
0.68

It's in the standard library, float.fromhex.

Upvotes: 19

darktachyon
darktachyon

Reputation: 268

Ah ha:

It's in the standard library, "float.fromhex",

https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#float.fromhex

Upvotes: 9

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