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Well, FWIW, https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%20%2F%207%20%3D%200.142857142857143%20%3D%200x6FDF1234 seems to poop it out just fine

I figure it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-precision_floating-point_format but I can't get it correct

I can get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-precision_floating-point_format#Single-precision_examples on my machine (3eaa aaab ≈ 1/3) with 

 $ perl -le " print unpack 'H*', pack 'f>', 1/3
3eaaaaab

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but basically I tired brute forced it :)

I also saw these and they might have something to do with it, but the bits got me :) Network IEEE 754 to Native Floats: which pack/unpack ops better?, Extracting IEEE 754 floating point numbers

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Re^3: Float/double to hex?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:56 UTC

    I've no idea what that hex value is, but it certainly isn't any IEEE representation of 1/7.

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Re^3: Float/double to hex?
by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2013 at 01:37 UTC
    HA! I completely got fooled by wolfraudalpha
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Re^3: Float/double to hex?
by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Feb 18, 2013 at 18:21 UTC
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