diff --git a/demos/map.sh b/demos/map.sh
index 9d693f5..a5b6b72 100644
--- a/demos/map.sh
+++ b/demos/map.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ function hook_chunks() {
 	pkt_chunk 00000001 00000000
 	pkt_chunk 00000001 00000001
 }
+
+function hook_block() {
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/int.sh b/src/int.sh
index 5d998b7..a6245ab 100644
--- a/src/int.sh
+++ b/src/int.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function hex2bin() {
 }
 
 # from_ieee754(hexstring)
+# this works only on ints
 function from_ieee754() {
 	local sign
 	local exponent
@@ -130,6 +131,46 @@ function from_ieee754() {
 	fi
 }
 
+# to_ieee754(number)
+# this works only on ints
+function to_ieee754() {
+	local n
+	local m
+	local i
+	local sign
+	local mantissa
+	
+	n=$1
+	m=2
+	i=0
+	sign=0
+	
+	if [[ $n -lt 0 ]]; then
+		n=$((n-2*n))
+		sign=1
+	fi
+	
+	while true; do
+		if [[ $n -lt $((m*2)) ]]; then
+			break
+		fi
+		i=$((i+1))
+		m=$((m*2))
+	done
+	
+	mantissa=$(printf "1%010d" $(hex2bin $(printf "%x" $i)))
+	
+	# leading zeroes kept screwing me over, I'm hardcoding 1 and -1
+	if [[ $n == -1 ]]; then
+		printf "bff0000000000000"
+	elif [[ $n == 1 ]]; then
+		printf "3ff0000000000000"
+	else
+		res=$sign$mantissa$(printf "%0$((i+1))d" $(hex2bin $(printf "%x" $((n-m))) | sed -E 's/^0*//'))
+		printf "%x" $((2#$res$(repeat $((64-$(echo -n $res | wc -c))) 0)))
+	fi
+}
+
 # to_short(number) 
 function to_short() {
 	if [[ $1 -lt 0 && $1 -gt -32769 ]]; then