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A cheat sheet for byte conversion of number types in Swift 3.0
func _convertToBytes<T>(_ value: T, withCapacity capacity: Int) -> [UInt8] {
var mutableValue = value
return withUnsafePointer(to: &mutableValue) {
return $0.withMemoryRebound(to: UInt8.self, capacity: capacity) {
return Array(UnsafeBufferPointer(start: $0, count: capacity))
}
}
}
extension Integer {
var bytes: [UInt8] {
return _convertToBytes(self, withCapacity: MemoryLayout<Self>.size)
}
init?(_ bytes: [UInt8]) {
guard bytes.count == MemoryLayout<Self>.size else { return nil }
self = bytes.withUnsafeBytes {
return $0.load(as: Self.self)
}
}
}
extension FloatingPoint {
var bytes: [UInt8] {
return _convertToBytes(self, withCapacity: MemoryLayout<Self>.size)
}
init?(_ bytes: [UInt8]) {
guard bytes.count == MemoryLayout<Self>.size else { return nil }
self = bytes.withUnsafeBytes {
return $0.load(as: Self.self)
}
}
}
let u_int_1: UInt64 = 0x08_07_06_05_04_03_02_01 // 578437695752307201
u_int_1.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
u_int_1.bigEndian.bytes // [8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
//
let u_int_2: UInt32 = 0x04_03_02_01 // 67305985
u_int_2.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2, 3, 4]
u_int_2.bigEndian.bytes // [4, 3, 2, 1]
//
let u_int_3: UInt16 = 0x02_01 // 513
u_int_3.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2]
u_int_3.bigEndian.bytes // [2, 1]
//
let int_1: Int64 = 0x08_07_06_05_04_03_02_01 // 578437695752307201
int_1.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
int_1.bigEndian.bytes // [8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
//
let int_2: Int32 = 0x04_03_02_01 // 67305985
int_2.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2, 3, 4]
int_2.bigEndian.bytes // [4, 3, 2, 1]
//
let int_3: Int16 = 0x02_01 // 513
int_3.littleEndian.bytes // [1, 2]
int_3.bigEndian.bytes // [2, 1]
let flp_1: Double = 4.0 // (on macOS)
flp_1.bytes // [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 64] - in little endian
flp_1.bytes.reversed() as [UInt8] // [64, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
//
let value_1 = UInt64(0x40_10_00_00_00_00_00_00) // 4616189618054758400
let flp_2 = unsafeBitCast(value_1, to: Double.self) // 4.0
//
let value_2: UInt64 = UInt64(flp_1.bytes)! // 4616189618054758400
let flp_3 = unsafeBitCast(value_2, to: Double.self) // 4.0
//
let flp_4: Float64 = 123456.123456 //
flp_4.bytes // [168, 255, 172, 249, 1, 36, 254, 64]
Float64(flp_4.bytes) // 123456.123456
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