#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

char toFloat(float arg) {
    int exponent = (int) log2f(arg);

    if (exponent + 7 >= 15) {
        return (char) 0x7F; // Maximum representable value
    } else if (exponent + 7 <= 0) {
        return (char) 0;
    } else {
        exponent += 7;
    }

    int mantissa = (int)((arg / powf(2, exponent - 7)) * powf(2, 4));
    char result = (char)((exponent << 4) | mantissa);
    return result;
}

int main() {
    float input = 5.25; // Example input
    char result = toFloat(input);
    printf("Original float: %f\n", input);
    printf("8-bit floating point representation: %d\n", result);
    return 0;
}