hex ← ##.hexf num                   ⍝ IEEE 754/854 binary floating point.
num ← ##.hexf hex

Converts between numbers  and character vectors of their IEEE 754-2008 and  854-
2008 double-precision binary floating-point representation.

The hexadecimal character vector is in big-endian format  with the sign and exp-
onent in the left-most 12 bits.

    hexf 3          ⍝ sign 0, exponent 400, (elided 1) mantissa binary 10000 ...
4008000000000000

    hexf hexf 3     ⍝ (round-trip).
3

Hexf accomodates arrays of any rank and depth.

NB: This coding of hexf subsumes function "decf", which has been withdrawn.

NB: With  code  from Jay Foad, this version includes support for 128-bit Decimal
    Floating point.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-2008 for details.

Examples:

    nmat←÷2 3⍴⍳6            ⍝ simple numeric array.

    nmat                    ⍝ display of array.
1    0.5 0.3333333333
0.25 0.2 0.1666666667

    hexf nmat               ⍝ hex display of floating array.
3FF0000000000000 3FE0000000000000 3FD5555555555555
3FD0000000000000 3FC999999999999A 3FC5555555555555

    nmat ≡ hexf hexf nmat   ⍝ check round-trip.
1
    ⎕FR←1287                ⍝ Decimal Floating Point IEEE 854

    hexf ○1                 ⍝ Pi as 128-bit decimal floating-point.
2DFFCC1AEB53B3FBB4E262D0DAB5E683

See also: hex

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