Double as binary

output.text

Testing 0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
After rehydrate: 0
Testing 1
0-0-0-0-0-0-240-63-
After rehydrate: 1
Testing -1
0-0-0-0-0-0-240-191-
After rehydrate: -1
Testing NaN
0-0-0-0-0-0-248-255-
After rehydrate: NaN
Testing Infinity
0-0-0-0-0-0-240-127-
After rehydrate: Infinity
Testing -Infinity
0-0-0-0-0-0-240-255-
After rehydrate: -Infinity

program.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Text;

namespace DoubleTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Debug.Print("Start at " + DateTime.Now);
            testValue(0d);
            testValue(1d);
            testValue(-1d);
            testValue(Double.NaN);
            testValue(Double.PositiveInfinity);
            testValue(Double.NegativeInfinity);
        }

        static void testValue(Double valueToTest)
        {
            double theVal = valueToTest;
            Debug.Print("Testing " + theVal.ToString());
            byte[] theBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(theVal);
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int i = 0; i < theBytes.Length; i += 1)
            {
                sb.Append(theBytes[i].ToString() + "-");
            }
            Debug.Print(sb.ToString());
            double rehydratedValue = BitConverter.ToDouble(theBytes, 0);
            Debug.Print("After rehydrate: " + rehydratedValue.ToString());
        }
    }
}