In Problem 6.25a, conversion of the simple decimal numbers into binary floating-point format is straightforward. However, if the decimal numbers are given in floating-point format, conversion is not straightforward because we cannot separately convert the mantissa and the exponent of the scale factor because 10 = 2' does not, in general, allow both x and y to be integers. Suppose a table of binary, floating-point numbers t, such that t; 10% for x; in the representable range, is stored in a computer. Give a procedure in general terms for converting a given decimal floating-point number into binary floating-point format. You may use both the integer and floating-point instructions available in the computer.

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