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backwaters,<br />
&gt;&nbsp;BBBBB<br />
Here the biasing is the very same as in the 32 bit IEEEs (look for the &quot;- 127 = &quot;). Basically, the leftmost bit is the sign of your exponent.<br />
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Stefan
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backwaters,
> BBBBB
Here the biasing is the very same as in the 32 bit IEEEs (look for the "- 127 = "). Basically, the leftmost bit is the sign of your exponent.

Stefan

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As this appears to be homework, this is all I can do so far for you.<br />
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Good Luck!
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As this appears to be homework, this is all I can do so far for you.

Good Luck!

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Kdo,<br />
Good explanation!<br />
<br />
Stefan
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Hi Stefan,<br />
<br />
I was interrupted so the post took longer to assemble than normal. &nbsp;When I started typing there were no other replies....<br />
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:)<br />

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Hi Stefan,

I was interrupted so the post took longer to assemble than normal.  When I started typing there were no other replies....

:)


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i have to write a c program to perform some arithmetic operations on 16 bit floating point binary numbers. <br />
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the format is as follows:<br />
<br />
SBBBBBMMMMMMMMMM <br />
<br />
S= sign bit <br />
B= biased exponent (bias = 16) <br />
M= normalized matissa <br />
<br />
i have to add two of them first and then substract. i dont even understand what is B and M. <br />
<br />
please help me.<br />
<br />
thanks a lot,<br />
tony.
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i have to write a c program to perform some arithmetic operations on 16 bit floating point binary numbers. 

the format is as follows:

SBBBBBMMMMMMMMMM 

S= sign bit 
B= biased exponent (bias = 16) 
M= normalized matissa 

i have to add two of them first and then substract. i dont even understand what is B and M. 

please help me.

thanks a lot,
tony.

16 bit floating point binary

C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, so it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, including operating systems as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems. It is distinct from C++ (which has its roots in C) and C#, and many later languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from C.