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Initial checkin for AIM92 aimR8.2 (last updated May 1997).

.TH FTOS 1 "7 September 1993"

.SH NAME

ftos \-  float to short data-type conversion.

.SH SYNTAX

Usage:  ftos  [arguments]  [file]

.SH DESCRIPTION

Binary float-to-short conversion.

.SH OPTIONS

1. error

When error=on then the maximum and the mean quantization error is printed on
the stderr. The quantization error for each floating point number x under the
truncating operation int(x) is defined as
the absolute quantization error as a proportion of the range:

.nf
	(x-int(x)) / int(1+x)
.fi

16-bit under or overflow is also reported if it occurs.


.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP
options stof btoa atob

.SH COPYRIGHT
.LP
Copyright (c) Applied Psychology Unit, Medical Research Council, 1995
.LP
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software in a commercial product must obtain a license from the Medical 
Research Council.
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software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or 
implied warranty.
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