How can I cast 4 octets in 32bit signed integer type ?

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Hi,
How can I cast a suite of 4 octet/char to obtain an 32 bit signed integer (sint32).
For instance [198 90 72 0] => -967161856 (and not +3327805439).
An equivalent operator to "y = &(type *)&x" in C or to "cast" in LabVIEW.
Thanks,
Benjamin

Answers (2)

Iain
Iain on 2 Oct 2014
Edited: Iain on 2 Oct 2014
typecast(uint8([1 2 3 4]),'int32')

Benjamin
Benjamin on 2 Oct 2014
Thanks for your answer, it works but before it needs to swap the octets :
data = [198 90 72 0];
signed_integer_32 = typecast(uint8(data(end:-1:1)),'int32')
Benjamin

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