using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        //float displayed w/ 8 digits

        float f = 5028.454727F;

        Console.WriteLine("{0:G8}\n", f);   

        /////////////////////////////////////

        //get the bytes as they are written to a PB stream

        var fbytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(f);

        //re-create a float from the raw bytes

        f = BitConverter.ToSingle(fbytes,0);

        Console.WriteLine("{0:G8}\n", f);

        Console.WriteLine(fbytes.Length);

        foreach(var b in fbytes){

            Console.Write("{0:X4}", b);

            Console.Write(" ");

        }

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine();

        var dbytes = BitConverter.GetBytes((double)f);

        Console.WriteLine(dbytes.Length);

        foreach(var b in dbytes){

            Console.Write("{0:X4}", b);

            Console.Write(" ");

        }

        Console.WriteLine();

        Console.WriteLine();

        /////////////////////////////////////

        //float converted to decimal displayed to 8 digits

        Decimal dec = Convert.ToDecimal(f);

        Console.WriteLine("{0:G8}\n", dec);

        //float cast to double and converted to 8 digits

        Decimal dec2 = Convert.ToDecimal((double)f);

        Console.WriteLine("{0:G8}\n", dec2);

    }

}