How to convert 4 byte binary to single???

I'm stuck...
How do I convert binary to Single (Short real IEEE 32bit)
,01000001,11011001,01011011,00000011


Does anybody know if VB's single are the same as short real??? If not what does the bits represent?

Best Regars/ Toby

wanna try this one?

Function conv(byval strVal as string) as Single
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim r as Single
for i = len(strVal) to 1 step -1
r = r + CInt(mid(strVal, i, 1)) * 2 ^ j
j = j + 1
next i
conv = r
End Function



to use it:
dim s as single
s = conv("your bytes goe here")
e.g.
s = conv("00101111")

Thanks for the tip,

But your code does not consider the mattisa and + or – sign. So the question remains, how is the Single built?
I’ve thing it is like this, but then the values are totally wrong

(+/-) eeeeeee
esssssss
ssssssss
ssssssss

Is it like that?! And how do I i convert it?

Best Regards Toby