"""fontTools.misc.fixedTools.py -- tools for working with fixed numbers.
"""
from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
__all__ = [
"fixedToFloat",
"floatToFixed",
]
def fixedToFloat(value, precisionBits):
"""Converts a fixed-point number to a float, choosing the float
that has the shortest decimal reprentation. Eg. to convert a
fixed number in a 2.14 format, use precisionBits=14. This is
pretty slow compared to a simple division. Use sporadically.
>>> fixedToFloat(13107, 14)
0.8
>>> fixedToFloat(0, 14)
0.0
>>> fixedToFloat(0x4000, 14)
1.0
"""
if not value: return 0.0
scale = 1 << precisionBits
value /= scale
eps = .5 / scale
digits = (precisionBits + 2) // 3
fmt = "%%.%df" % digits
lo = fmt % (value - eps)
hi = fmt % (value + eps)
out = []
length = min(len(lo), len(hi))
for i in range(length):
if lo[i] != hi[i]:
break;
out.append(lo[i])
outlen = len(out)
if outlen < length:
out.append(max(lo[outlen], hi[outlen]))
return float(strjoin(out))
def floatToFixed(value, precisionBits):
"""Converts a float to a fixed-point number given the number of
precisionBits. Ie. int(round(value * (1<<precisionBits))).
>>> floatToFixed(0.8, 14)
13107
>>> floatToFixed(1.0, 14)
16384
>>> floatToFixed(1, 14)
16384
>>> floatToFixed(0, 14)
0
"""
return int(round(value * (1<<precisionBits)))
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()