How do I check if a zero is positive or negative?

Question

Is it possible to check if a float is a positive zero (0.0) or a negative zero (-0.0)?

I\'ve converted the float to a String a

Answer 1

Definitly not the best aproach. Checkout the function

Float.floatToRawIntBits(f);

Doku:

/**
 * Returns a representation of the specified floating-point value
 * according to the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit
 * layout, preserving Not-a-Number (NaN) values.
 *
 * 
Bit 31 (the bit that is selected by the mask
 * {@code 0x80000000}) represents the sign of the floating-point
 * number.
 ...
 public static native int floatToRawIntBits(float value);