# how to unpack 64Bit from datastream to double ?

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## #3344 — toedt — 2003-07-10T08:23:23+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/3344#3344

Is it possible to unpack(little endianness) 8 bytes from a datastream direct
into an long integer (double=64bit)?
 
Have seen that long integers are floats, but how should i convert?

any idea?