From http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/DoubleConverter.cs using System; using System.Globalization; /// /// A class to allow the conversion of doubles to string representations of /// their exact decimal values. The implementation aims for readability over /// efficiency. /// public class DoubleConverter { /// /// Converts the given double to a string representation of its /// exact decimal value. /// /// The double to convert. /// A string representation of the double's exact decimal value. public static string ToExactString (double d) { if (double.IsPositiveInfinity(d)) return "+Infinity"; if (double.IsNegativeInfinity(d)) return "-Infinity"; if (double.IsNaN(d)) return "NaN"; // Translate the double into sign, exponent and mantissa. long bits = BitConverter.DoubleToInt64Bits(d); // Note that the shift is sign-extended, hence the test against -1 not 1 bool negative = (bits < 0); int exponent = (int) ((bits >> 52) & 0x7ffL); long mantissa = bits & 0xfffffffffffffL; // Subnormal numbers; exponent is effectively one higher, // but there's no extra normalisation bit in the mantissa if (exponent==0) { exponent++; } // Normal numbers; leave exponent as it is but add extra // bit to the front of the mantissa else { mantissa = mantissa | (1L<<52); } // Bias the exponent. It's actually biased by 1023, but we're // treating the mantissa as m.0 rather than 0.m, so we need // to subtract another 52 from it. exponent -= 1075; if (mantissa == 0) { return "0"; } /* Normalize */ while((mantissa & 1) == 0) { /* i.e., Mantissa is even */ mantissa >>= 1; exponent++; } /// Construct a new decimal expansion with the mantissa ArbitraryDecimal ad = new ArbitraryDecimal (mantissa); // If the exponent is less than 0, we need to repeatedly // divide by 2 - which is the equivalent of multiplying // by 5 and dividing by 10. if (exponent < 0) { for (int i=0; i < -exponent; i++) ad.MultiplyBy(5); ad.Shift(-exponent); } // Otherwise, we need to repeatedly multiply by 2 else { for (int i=0; i < exponent; i++) ad.MultiplyBy(2); } // Finally, return the string with an appropriate sign if (negative) return "-"+ad.ToString(); else return ad.ToString(); } /// Private class used for manipulating class ArbitraryDecimal { /// Digits in the decimal expansion, one byte per digit byte[] digits; /// /// How many digits are *after* the decimal point /// int decimalPoint=0; /// /// Constructs an arbitrary decimal expansion from the given long. /// The long must not be negative. /// internal ArbitraryDecimal (long x) { string tmp = x.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); digits = new byte[tmp.Length]; for (int i=0; i < tmp.Length; i++) digits[i] = (byte) (tmp[i]-'0'); Normalize(); } /// /// Multiplies the current expansion by the given amount, which should /// only be 2 or 5. /// internal void MultiplyBy(int amount) { byte[] result = new byte[digits.Length+1]; for (int i=digits.Length-1; i >= 0; i--) { int resultDigit = digits[i]*amount+result[i+1]; result[i]=(byte)(resultDigit/10); result[i+1]=(byte)(resultDigit%10); } if (result[0] != 0) { digits=result; } else { Array.Copy (result, 1, digits, 0, digits.Length); } Normalize(); } /// /// Shifts the decimal point; a negative value makes /// the decimal expansion bigger (as fewer digits come after the /// decimal place) and a positive value makes the decimal /// expansion smaller. /// internal void Shift (int amount) { decimalPoint += amount; } /// /// Removes leading/trailing zeroes from the expansion. /// internal void Normalize() { int first; for (first=0; first < digits.Length; first++) if (digits[first]!=0) break; int last; for (last=digits.Length-1; last >= 0; last--) if (digits[last]!=0) break; if (first==0 && last==digits.Length-1) return; byte[] tmp = new byte[last-first+1]; for (int i=0; i < tmp.Length; i++) tmp[i]=digits[i+first]; decimalPoint -= digits.Length-(last+1); digits=tmp; } /// /// Converts the value to a proper decimal string representation. /// public override String ToString() { char[] digitString = new char[digits.Length]; for (int i=0; i < digits.Length; i++) digitString[i] = (char)(digits[i]+'0'); // Simplest case - nothing after the decimal point, // and last real digit is non-zero, eg value=35 if (decimalPoint==0) { return new string (digitString); } // Fairly simple case - nothing after the decimal // point, but some 0s to add, eg value=350 if (decimalPoint < 0) { return new string (digitString)+ new string ('0', -decimalPoint); } // Nothing before the decimal point, eg 0.035 if (decimalPoint >= digitString.Length) { return "0."+ new string ('0',(decimalPoint-digitString.Length))+ new string (digitString); } // Most complicated case - part of the string comes // before the decimal point, part comes after it, // eg 3.5 return new string (digitString, 0, digitString.Length-decimalPoint)+ "."+ new string (digitString, digitString.Length-decimalPoint, decimalPoint); } } }