double from char*

      else if(packetID==13) {
          char position[3][8];     //X,Y,Z
          cout<<" - Player position: [\n";
          for(int coord=0; coord<3; coord++) {
            scl.read(8, position[coord]);    //Reads int bytes to char* (instance of socket class)
            for(int xx=0; xx<8; xx++)    //just looping through char* to see the contents
                cout<<(int)position[coord][xx]<<" ";
            cout<<"\n";
            swapBytes(position[coord], 8);   //swaping bytes
            for(int xx=0; xx<8; xx++)       //Checking if swapped correctly
                cout<<(int)position[coord][xx]<<" ";

            cout<<"\n -> "<<(*((double*)position[coord]));
            if(coord<2)
                cout<<", \n\n";
          }
          cout<<"]\n";
          if(!scl.ignore(41-3*8))break;   //Ignoring the rest of the data
          break;

      }
void swapBytes(char*arr, int length) {
    char b;
    for(int i=0; i<length; i+=2) {
        b = arr[i];
        arr[i] = arr[i+1];
        arr[i+1]=b;
    }
}
/*PROGRAM OUTPUT*/
/*
 - Player position: [
64 80 43 -3 12 -3 91 -55
80 64 -3 43 -3 12 -55 91
 -> 1.42249e+134,

64 85 -89 -82 20 -128 0 0
85 64 -82 -89 -128 20 0 0
 -> 1.11376e-310,

64 85 64 0 0 0 0 0
85 64 0 64 0 0 0 0
 -> 5.30507e-315]
Over and out!
Last packet: 13

actual position is near [63,86,309]
*/