#include /* * functions to print numbers in binary * for the float, found help from stackoverflow : * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/474007/floating-point-to-binary-valuec */ std::string printBitsInt(int num) { int i = 0; for (unsigned int mask = 1U << (sizeof(int) *8 -1); mask; mask >>= 1) { std::cout << ((num & mask) != 0); i++; if (i == 1 || i == 9 || i == 24) std::cout << ' '; } return ""; } std::string printBitsFloat(float num) { int *p = (int *)# int i = 0; for (unsigned int mask = 1U << (sizeof(float) *8 -1); mask; mask >>= 1) { std::cout << ((*p & mask) != 0); i++; if (i == 1 || i == 9 || i == 24) std::cout << ' '; } return ""; }