Gemstone Common Library
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# BigEndianToDouble(Byte, Int32) Method

Returns a double-precision floating point number converted from eight bytes, accounting for target endian-order, at a specified position in a byte array.

## Definition

Namespace: Gemstone
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.181 -- Release Build+97279656b5a55675063a4190481e67c4f9809501
C#
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    public static double ToDouble(
    	byte[] buffer,
    	int startIndex
    )

VB
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    Public Shared Function ToDouble (
    	buffer As Byte(),
    	startIndex As Integer
    ) As Double

C++
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    public:
    static double ToDouble(
    	array<unsigned char>^ buffer,
    	int startIndex
    )

JavaScript
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    Gemstone.BigEndian.ToDouble = function(buffer, startIndex);

#### Parameters

buffer Byte
  An array of bytes (i.e., buffer containing binary image of value).
startIndex Int32
  The starting position within value.

#### Return Value

Double
A double-precision floating point number formed by eight bytes beginning at startIndex.

## Exceptions

ArgumentNullException | value is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException | startIndex is less than zero or greater than the length of value minus 1.

## See Also

#### Reference

BigEndian Class
ToDouble Overload
Gemstone Namespace