public long longValueIEEEforBfield()				// returns Long value from IEEE double
	{
		String s = value.trim();
		long r = 0;
		if(s.length()==0 || s.indexOf("*")>=0) {}
		else
			{
			double d = Double.parseDouble(s);
			r = Double.doubleToLongBits(d);
			}
		return r;
	}