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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <limits.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    float n = 100.25f; // stores 10025 in binary
                       // roughly storing -2 from "10^-2"
                       // in reality its a power of 2, not 10
    FILE* text_file = fopen("float_as_text.txt", "w");
    fprintf(text_file, "%f", n);

    fclose(text_file);

    FILE* binary_file = fopen("float_as_binary.bin", "w");
    fwrite(&n, sizeof(n), 1, binary_file);
    fclose(binary_file);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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