Question

Is there a way to convert a list of IEEE single-precision (32-bit):

String result = getdata();
String[] floats = result.split(",");
List<String> floatList = Arrays.asList(floats);

The float data ultimately came from another module which generates IEEE 754 single-precision (32-bit) floating-point number from a byte stream.

Now I am trying to compile back the floating point values back to byte stream in Java.

Answer 1

If the floating point values are stored as text within the String you can simply convert them number by number:

float[] floatValues = new float[floats.length]
for (int i=0; i< floats.length; i++) {
  floatValues[i] = Float.parseFloat(floats[i]);
}