convert byte[] to float

[Mike Southgate]

I'm building an application that collects data over the serial port as a byte[]. I need to parse this array based upon a defined protocol. When it sends a float I get 4 bytes (4 * 8 = 32 bits). How would I convert these bytes into a single float value? Easy for integers...

Oops, never mind. I just found the answer posted earlier today (what a coincidence!)

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[ September 16, 2004: Message edited by: Mike Southgate ]

[Stefan Wagner]

Did you read the javadocs for java.lang.Float.intBitsToFloat ()?
I would try with that and a lot of test values.