External module "number/float64/base/from-binary-string/docs/types/index.d"

Export assignment fromBinaryString

• fromBinaryString(bstr: string): number

• Creates a double-precision floating-point number from a literal bit representation.

  throws

  must provide a string with a length equal to 64

  Parameters

  • bstr: string

    string which is a literal bit representation

  Returns number

  double

  Example

  var bstr = '0100000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns 4.0

  Example

  var bstr = '0100000000001001001000011111101101010100010001000010110100011000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns 3.141592653589793

  Example

  var bstr = '1111111111100001110011001111001110000101111010111100100010100000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns -1.0e308

  Example

  var bstr = '1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001100011010011';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns -3.14e-320

  Example

  var bstr = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns 5.0e-324

  Example

  var bstr = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns 0.0

  Example

  var bstr = '1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns -0.0

  Example

  var bstr = '0111111111111000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns NaN

  Example

  var bstr = '0111111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns Infinity

  Example

  var bstr = '1111111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
  var val = fromBinaryString( bstr );
  // returns -Infinity