Int for float with bitwise operators in C
I am writing a function to convert int to float with bitwise operators. I don't understand why my code doesn't work for all inputs. For example, it works for 2,19,43, etc., but it outputs -nan for 7,6,13,58 and so on. Can someone explain to me why this is happening? Thank you. Here is my code:
#include <stdio.h>
typedef union{
int x;
float fx;
}df;
int find_e(int x,int i){
if(x&1<<i) return i;
if(x==0) return -127;
return find_e(x,--i);
}
float int_to_float(int x){
df ime;
ime.x=0;
int sign = 0;
if(x<0){x=-x;sign = 1<<31; }
int position = find_e(x,31);
int e = position + 127;
int m = (x&(~(~0<<position)))<<(32-position);
ime.x |= sign;
ime.x |= e<<23;
ime.x |= m>>9;
return ime.fx;
}
int main()
{
int x;
scanf("%d",&x);
printf("%f\n", int_to_float(x));
return 0;
}
I am using the gcc compiler.
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