IEEE754-Viewer
by pklaus

This is a simple but effective tool to have a look into IEEE 754 floating point numbers. It can help you learning how to calculate and convert them from or to the decimal base.

Dependencies

• PyGTK (python module gtk, for the graphical user interface).
• python module signal from the Python Standard Library (to catch [Ctrl]-[c])

Install

No installation is required. Just run the python file and start entering numbers.

License

The software is licensed under the terms of the GPL v3.

Screenshot

The IEEE754-Viewer on Mac OS X with PyGTK via MacPorts:

Resources

• IEEE 754 on Wikipedia
• An online helper on IEEE 754

Authors

Philipp Klaus (philipp.l.klaus AT web.de) → visit my blog

Contact

Philipp Klaus (philipp.l.klaus AT web.de)

Download

You can download this project in either zip or tar formats.

You can also clone the project with Git by running:

$ git clone git://github.com/pklaus/IEEE754-Viewer