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Convert Float to Int using Assembly Language Programming

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15 Jun 2005CPOL 68.4K   307   12   8
An article on Converting Float value to an integer value trimming off the decimal part

Introduction

This program takes a floating point value as input and converts it into an integer by trimming the decimal point. Please e-mail your suggestion to Jayadev at jayadevmv@rediffmail.com.

Background

The code uses the tag _asm in VC++. Using the assembly code, the floating point value is converted into an integer value.

Using the Code

The code is very simple and it can be plugged into any other code easily.

The function ftoi looks like this:

C++
int ftoi(float flt)
{
    int i;
    _asm
    {
        mov  eax,flt; //loaded mem to acc
        rcl  eax,1;   //left shift acc to remove the sign
        mov  ebx,eax; //save the acc
        mov  edx,4278190080; //clear reg edx;
        and  eax,edx; //and acc to retrieve the exponent
        shr  eax,24;
        sub  eax,7fh; //subtract 7fh(127) to get the actual power 
        mov  edx,eax; //save acc val power
        mov  eax,ebx; //retrieve from ebx
        rcl  eax,8;     //trim the left 8 bits that contain the power
        mov  ebx,eax; //store
        mov  ecx, 1fh; //subtract 17 h
        sub  ecx,edx; 
        mov  edx,00000000h;
        cmp  ecx,0;
        je   loop2;
        shr  eax,1;
        or   eax,80000000h;        
loop1:    
        shr  eax,1; //shift (total bits - power bits);
        sub  ecx,1;
        add  edx,1;
        cmp  ecx,0;
        ja   loop1;
loop2:  
        mov  i, eax;        
    
//check sign +/-        
sign:
        mov  eax,flt;
        and  eax,80000000h;
        cmp  eax,80000000h;
        je     putsign;
    }

    return i;

putsign:
    return -i;
}

History

  • 15th June, 2005: Initial version

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralProblem with conversion of float to int using C++ Pin
Kishore JP3-Mar-08 1:25
Kishore JP3-Mar-08 1:25 
Questionhi why so difficult ? Pin
justme2215-Jun-05 2:00
justme2215-Jun-05 2:00 
Answer2+2 == sqrt(16) Pin
Kochise15-Jun-05 3:11
Kochise15-Jun-05 3:11 
GeneralRe: 2+2 == sqrt(16) Pin
Rick York15-Jun-05 8:11
mveRick York15-Jun-05 8:11 
Since a floating point values (four-byte) can range from +/-3.4E38 and an integer can range from about +/-2.1E9 this seems to be of very limited usefullness.

AnswerRounding mode Pin
Don Clugston15-Jun-05 14:29
Don Clugston15-Jun-05 14:29 
GeneralRe: Rounding mode Pin
John M. Drescher15-Jun-05 16:16
John M. Drescher15-Jun-05 16:16 
AnswerRe: hi why so difficult ? Pin
John M. Drescher15-Jun-05 16:10
John M. Drescher15-Jun-05 16:10 
AnswerRe: hi why so difficult ? Pin
JeanLuc_17-Sep-09 6:52
JeanLuc_17-Sep-09 6:52 

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