ibm2num.m

function x=ibm2num(b)
% ibm2num : convert IBM 32 bit floating point format to doubles
%    x=num2ibm(b)
% b is a matrix of uint32
% x is a corresponding matrix of doubles
%
%
% See also num2ibm

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x=repmat(NaN,size(b));

sign=bitget(b,32);                            % get sign from first bit
sign=double(sign);

% format hex
exp=bitand(b,uint32(hex2dec('7f000000')));    % get exponent from first byte, last 7 bits
exp=bitshift(exp,-24);
%format long

exp=double(exp)- 64;                          % remove bias from exponent 

%format hex
frac=bitand(b,uint32(hex2dec('00ffffff')));   % get mantissa from last 3 bytes
%format long
frac=double(frac);
frac=frac/2^24;


x=(1-2*sign).*16.^exp .* frac;

err = frac==0 & (exp~=-64 | sign~=0);         % bias removal is incorrect for zero
if any(err)
   % TMH 19/06/2003
   disp(['WARNING : ',mfilename,' Invalid zero input --> Sure data are IBM FLOAT formatted ?'])	
   return;							     
   %warning('Invalid zero input in ibm2num for the following:')
   % format hex; disp(b(err)); format							      
end

err = frac~=0 & (frac<1/16 | frac>=1);
if any(err)
   % TMH 19/06/2003
   disp(['WARNING : ',mfilename,' Invalid mantissa input --> Sure data are IBM FLOAT formatted ?'])	
   return;
   % warning('Invalid mantissa input in ibm2num for the following:')
   % format hex; disp(b(err)); format							      
end