Convert/copy array to different type of array (single to uint16 for example) bit by bit

Hey folks,

is there a way to copy an array to another array bit by bit?

For example:

x = single(zeros(1,100));
y = uint16(ones(1,200));

What I want to do is to copy the array y bit by bit to array x. In the end x should be something like [257 257 257... 257].

single: 0000 0000 0000 0000 = 0

uint16: 0000 0001 0000 0001 = 1 1

If y get's copied bit by bit to x, the result should be something like:

single: 0000 0001 0000 0001 = 257

Is there a way to do this?

A for loop is not what I'm looking for and the bitor function doesn't work because of different sizes...

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Are you trying to typecast one of the variables into the other?

[Dominik Müller]

typecast works fine, thanks :)