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dmsbintoieee()           Convert Double MS Binary to IEEE Double

 #include <math.h>

 int        dmsbintoieee(msbin,ieee);
 double     *msbin;                      Pointer to MS binary
 double     *ieee;                       Pointer to IEEE double

    dmsbintoieee() converts the Microsoft binary format 'msbin', to the
    double precision IEEE format value 'ieee'.  'double' values in
    Microsoft  C are normally in IEEE format.

    Returns:    0 if successful, 1 if an overflow resulted.

      Notes:    dmsbintoieee() does not handle IEEE NANs and infinities,
                and IEEE denormals are treated a 0 in the conversion.

                Microsoft BASIC stores numbers in Microsoft binary format.
                This routine enables C programs to use the numeric data in
                files created by MS BASIC.

  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------

    The following statement converts a Microsoft binary double to an IEEE
    double.

          #include <math.h>
          #include <stdlib.h>              /* for perror */

          main()
          {
              double IEEE, msbin;

              if(dmsbintoieee(&msbin,&IEEE) == 1)
                   perror("OVERFLOW CONVERTING TO IEEE");
           }