Method SingleToSortableInt32

SingleToSortableInt32(Single)

Converts a value to a sortable signed . The value is converted by getting their IEEE 754 floating-point "float format" bit layout and then some bits are swapped, to be able to compare the result as . By this the precision is not reduced, but the value can easily used as an . The sort order (including ) is defined by ; NaN is greater than positive infinity.

NOTE: This was floatToSortableInt() in Lucene

Declaration
public static int SingleToSortableInt32(float val)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Single val
Returns
Type Description
System.Int32
See Also