gistfile1.txt

#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


inline float test_log(float val) /// , const float *lookup_table, const int n)
{
  int *   exp_ptr = ((int*)&val);
  int            x = *exp_ptr; /*x is the float treated as an integer*/
  printf("%X\n", x);
  return 1.0;
}

int main()
{

   float val = 1000.0; 

   std::cin >> val; 
   int *  exp_ptr = ((int*)&val);
   int            x = *exp_ptr; /*x is the float treated as an integer*/
   printf("pre-call %8.8X\n", x);

   //   float result1 = icsi_log(val, LOOKUP_TABLE, N);
   float result12 = test_log(val);

}