C/C++ - Convert 24-bit signed integer to float

Question

I\'m programming in C++. I need to convert a 24-bit signed integer (stored in a 3-byte array) to float (normalizing to [-1.0,1.0]).

The platform is MSVC++ on x86 (wh

Answer 1

Works for me:

float convert(const char* stream)
{
    int fromStream = 
        (0x00 << 24) + 
        (stream[2] << 16) + 
        (stream[1] << 8) + 
         stream[0];

    return (float)fromStream;
}