Yes, jordigh did post, mistakenly or deliberately, an incomplete explanation of IEEE754 single precision floats. A number line with alternative labels showing a

Yes, jordigh did post, mistakenly or deliberately, an incomplete explanation of IEEE754 single precision floats. A number line with alternative labels showing an approximate mantissa and exponent for a given float is certainly one possible way to explain the application of the spec, but obviously, not only does it give less information than the specification, it is not obvious that it is a generally better explanatory tool. For example, it certainly helps Fabien, I assume it helps you and coldtea, but it leaves me completely bewildered (I know what it says, but on it's own, I'm completely lost as to why). edit: jordigh, not coldtea, first brought up the formula in his argument