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Convert double precision float string to a number

I am a newbie with Labview.

I have a GPIB link with a vector voltmeter and I receive the data as a double precision float string (IEEE standard 754-1985). I would like it to be recognized as a number, but I can't find the proper conversion function. The string to convert is 8 byte long. Does anyone have an idea how to do it? Thank you!
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can you post some sample data and what you expect to convert it into???
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Asumming your data is big-endian, you should be able to simply typecast it to a DBL (see attache LV 7.0 example).

(It is possible that your DBL string is little-endian, in this case it will be slightly more complicated. Let us know ;))

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It works perfectly! Thank you very much for your time (both of you)!

Karine
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