How do I extract the coefficient and exponent with operators

[leandrojardim]

How do I extract the coefficient and exponent of a float variable with operators? I tried a simple float variable, by converting it to a unsigned integer and trying to use every possible combination of operators and bitmasks, using as a guide the article on Wikipedia, but it doesnt work....

[czerny]

Show us your not working source, please! We than will see what is wrong.

[CommonTater]

A link to the Wikipedia article might also help...

[TimoVJL]

Maybe this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-precision_floating-point_format

[leandrojardim]

Thanks timovjl, this page should be all that I need up to now. I was using the pages bout "floating point" and "fixed point", but I lost the page you pointed. Thanks!