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If I store in an array a double-value in this format, in which format I should be able to read the same double out?

double myDouble = 12.123456;
byte myArray[] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};

myArray[0] = (myDouble >> 0);
myArray[1] = (myDouble >> 8);
myArray[2] = (myDouble >> 16);
myArray[3] = (myDouble >> 24);
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    Shifting a double? You don't really want to do that. Feb 5, 2017 at 18:24
  • Please show the declarations of myArray and myDouble to show their exact type.
    – jfpoilpret
    Feb 5, 2017 at 22:31
  • I edited the question. Feb 6, 2017 at 8:08

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You are better off making a union, that will be compiler independent, and won't give you the (possibly) odd results that trying to shift a double would give.

Example:

  union 
    {
    byte myArray [4];
    double myDouble;
    } foo;


   foo.myArray [0] = Serial.read ();
   foo.myArray [1] = Serial.read ();
   foo.myArray [2] = Serial.read ();
   foo.myArray [3] = Serial.read ();

   double f = foo.myDouble;

Even then be cautious that whatever is sending you this double in 4 bytes is using the same encoding for doubles that the Arduino does. For one thing, double and float are the same on the 8-bit Arduinos (they are only 4 bytes).

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in the simplest form (compiler dependent however), a pointer will do.

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    Would you mind developing your answer further, so that we can clearly see how it really answers the OP question?
    – jfpoilpret
    Feb 5, 2017 at 22:32

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