Problem 832. Convert single-precision floating-point number to binary representation

Created by Vitaly Lavrukhin

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Richard Zapor on 14 Jul 2012

The output is the IEEE 754 binary representation for a single.

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Noah on 18 Jul 2012

Cody doesn't have a license for the Fixed_Point_Toolbox? I'd expect Cody would be able to get a pretty sweet deal on it from The Mathworks.

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