NAME

ftos - float to short data-type conversion.

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Syntax
Description
Options
Copyright

Usage: ftos [arguments] [file]

Binary float-to-short conversion.

1. error

When error=on then the maximum and the mean quantization error is printed onthe stderr. The quantization error for each floating point number x under thetruncating operation int(x) is defined asthe absolute quantization error as a proportion of the range:

        (x-int(x)) / int(1+x)

16-bit under or overflow is also reported if it occurs.

options stof btoa atob

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