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function getNumberParts(x) {
    var float = new Float64Array(1),
        bytes = new Uint8Array(float.buffer);

    float[0] = x;

    var sign = bytes[7] >> 7,
        exponent = ((bytes[7] & 0x7f) << 4 | bytes[6] >> 4) - 0x3ff;

    bytes[7] = 0x3f;
    bytes[6] |= 0xf0;

    return {
        sign: sign,
        exponent: exponent,
        mantissa: float[0],
    }
}

from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9383593/extracting-the-exponent-and-mantissa-of-a-javascript-number