def translate_gene(self, gene):
if self.signed:<EOL><INDENT>sign = <NUM_LIT:1> if gene.dna[<NUM_LIT:0>] == '<STR_LIT:0>' else -<NUM_LIT:1><EOL>base_start_idx = <NUM_LIT:1><EOL><DEDENT>else:<EOL><INDENT>sign = <NUM_LIT:1><EOL>base_start_idx = <NUM_LIT:0><EOL><DEDENT>base = sign * int(gene.dna[base_start_idx:base_start_idx + self.significand_length], base=<NUM_LIT:2>)<EOL>exponent_sign = <NUM_LIT:1> if gene.dna[<NUM_LIT:1> + self.significand_length] == '<STR_LIT:0>' else -<NUM_LIT:1><EOL>exponent = exponent_sign * int(gene.dna[self.significand_length + <NUM_LIT:2>:], base=<NUM_LIT:2>)<EOL>return float(base * <NUM_LIT:10> ** exponent)<EOL>
Translate a gene with binary DNA into a base-10 floating point real number.

Parses the DNA in this manner:
  1. The first bit determines the sign of the integer portion of the result (0=positive, 1=negative)
  2. The next ``significand_length`` bits of the DNA are converted into a base-10 integer,
     and given a positive/negative sign based on step (1).
  3. The next bit determines the sign of the exponent portion of the result (0=positive, 1=negative)
  4. The remaining bits in the DNA are converted into a base-10 integer, and given a
     positive/negative sign based on step (3).
  5. The result of step (2) is multiplied by 10 raised to the power of the result of step (4).

Example:  let DNA="001111", significand_length=3
  1. "0" indicates a positive sign for the integer portion
  2. "011" is converted into the base-10 integer 3, its sign stays positive due to step (1)
  3. "1" indicates a negative sign for the exponent portion
  4. The remaining "1" bit is converted into the base-10 integer 1 and becomes -1 due to step (3)
  5. The final result becomes:  3 * 10^-1 = 0.3