How do I turn a binary string into a float or double?

Question

In this question, Bill The Lizard asks how to display the binary representation of a float or double.

What I\'d like to know is, given a binary string of the appropr

Answer 1

double d1 = 1234.5678;
string ds = DoubleToBinaryString(d1);
double d2 = BinaryStringToDouble(ds);

float f1 = 654.321f;
string fs = SingleToBinaryString(f1);
float f2 = BinaryStringToSingle(fs);

// ...

public static string DoubleToBinaryString(double d)
{
    return Convert.ToString(BitConverter.DoubleToInt64Bits(d), 2);
}

public static double BinaryStringToDouble(string s)
{
    return BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble(Convert.ToInt64(s, 2));
}

public static string SingleToBinaryString(float f)
{
    byte[] b = BitConverter.GetBytes(f);
    int i = BitConverter.ToInt32(b, 0);
    return Convert.ToString(i, 2);
}

public static float BinaryStringToSingle(string s)
{
    int i = Convert.ToInt32(s, 2);
    byte[] b = BitConverter.GetBytes(i);
    return BitConverter.ToSingle(b, 0);
}