Convert single to double

I have 1x18007 single, and it has a certain range (which is not the real range), and I need to convert it to double, to get the actual values.

PS.: typecast doesn't work.

>> a = typecast(driverAppliedTorqueAtSteeringWheel, 'double');

Error using typecast

The first input must contain a multiple of 2 elements to convert from single (32 bits) to

double (64 bits).

[James Tursa]

"... I need to convert it to double, to get the actual values ..."

This doesn't make any sense to me. Converting singles to doubles will result in exactly the same value since doubles can represent every single exactly, just in a different bit representation format. Please explain what you mean by "actual values." Maybe you can give a few examples of single values and what double values you think they should be converted to.

Answer 1

[Frederic Rudawski]

My first guess would be:

a = double(driverAppliedTorqueAtSteeringWheel)

But you probably have to adjust the range yourself.

EDIT:

The problem with typecast is, that you need 2 singles to create one double, so you need to fill the missing information with addiditional singles, e.g.:

data = single([1;2;3;4;5])

b = single(zeros(size(data)));

M = [b data]';

newdata = M(:)

a = typecast(newdata,'double')