#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>

uint32_t htonf(float f)
{
	uint32_t p;
	uint32_t sign;

	if (f < 0) { sign = 1; f = -f; }
	else { sign = 0; }
		
	p = ((((uint32_t)f)&0x7fff)<<16) | (sign<<31); // whole part and sign
	p |= (uint32_t)(((f - (int)f) * 65536.0f))&0xffff; // fraction

	return p;
}

float ntohf(uint32_t p)
{
	float f = ((p>>16)&0x7fff); // whole part
	f += (p&0xffff) / 65536.0f; // fraction

	if (((p>>31)&0x1) == 0x1) { f = -f; } // sign bit set

	return f;
}

int main(void)
{
	float f = 3.1415926, f2;
	uint32_t netf;

	netf = htonf(f);
	f2 = ntohf(netf);

	printf("Original: %f\n", f);
	printf(" Network: 0x%08X\n", netf);
	printf("Unpacked: %f\n", f2);

	return 0;
}