---
title: exponentBitPattern
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/binaryfloatingpoint/exponentbitpattern
---

# exponentBitPattern

The raw encoding of the value’s exponent field.

## Declaration

```swift
var exponentBitPattern: Self.RawExponent { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This value is unadjusted by the type’s exponent bias.

## See Also

### Working with Binary Representation

- [binade](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/binade.md)
- [significandBitPattern](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/significandbitpattern.md)
- [significandWidth](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/significandwidth.md)
- [exponentBitCount](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/exponentbitcount.md)
- [significandBitCount](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/significandbitcount.md)
- [init(sign:exponentBitPattern:significandBitPattern:)](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/init(sign:exponentbitpattern:significandbitpattern:).md)
- [RawExponent](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/rawexponent.md)
- [RawSignificand](swift/binaryfloatingpoint/rawsignificand.md)