Converting 1/3 to Floating Point (IEEE 754) Representation

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khdani

Hello,
How do i convert 1/3 to floating point (IEEE 754) ?

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CRGreathouse

Code:

float n = 1.0 / 3;

khdani

i meant the actual representation of the number, not variable.
[Sign Bit] [8bit EXP] [23bit Mantissa]
but I've solved it , thanks anyway.

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