function [bval] = f2b(fval,bounds,bits)% function [bval] = f2b(fval,bounds,bits)%% Return the binary representation of the float number fval.%% fval   - the float representation of the number% bval   - the binary representation of the number% bounds - the bounds on the variables% bits   - the number of bits to represent each variablescale=(2.^bits-1)./ (bounds(:,2)-bounds(:,1))'; %The range of the variablesnumV=size(bounds,1);cs=[0 cumsum(bits)];bval=[];for i=1:numV  fval(i)=(fval(i)-bounds(i,1)) * scale(i);  bval=[bval rem(floor(fval(i)*pow2(1-bits(i):0)),2)];end