Floats To Bytes && Bytes To Floats

//Converts Float to Bytes and Bytes to Float;
union {
    double myDouble;
    unsigned char myChars[ sizeof( double ) ];
} test;

// -- Testing Code --
test.myDouble = 3.14;

for( int k = 0; k < sizeof( double ); k++ ) {
    std::cout << ( int ) test.myChars[ k ] << ' ';
}

cout << endl;
// Output: 31 133 235 81 184 30 9 64


test.myChars[ 0 ] = 31;
test.myChars[ 1 ] = 133;
test.myChars[ 2 ] = 235;
test.myChars[ 3 ] = 81;
test.myChars[ 4 ] = 184;
test.myChars[ 5 ] = 30;
test.myChars[ 6 ] = 9;
test.myChars[ 7 ] = 64;
cout << test.myDouble << endl;
// Output: 3.14