I'm working with someone else's code, and there is a float with some unusual qualities.

If I output the float using:

NSLog(@"theFloat: %f", record.theFloat);

I get:

theFloat: 0.000000

However, if I use:

NSLog(@"(int)theFloat = %i", (int) record.theFloat);

I get:

(int)theFloat: 71411232

How do I discover the real format and value of theFloat? I know that it should contain a large number.

Incidentally, the Record class which contains the float propertizes it in such a way:

@property (assign) float* theFloat;

There is also floatLength:

@property (assign) int floatLength;

And has this method, which seems to indicate that the float is of variable length (?):

- (void) copyFloat:(float*)theF ofLength:(int)len
{
    float *floatcopy = malloc(len*sizeof(float));
    memcpy(floatcopy, theF, len*sizeof(float));
    self.theFloat = floatcopy;
}