[ale] signed numbers from as/400 file?

Doug McNash dmcnash at charter.net
Tue Nov 4 17:19:42 EST 2003


It may be Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)

00000000b = 0d
00000001b = 1d
...
00001001b = 9d

or Packed BCD

01000010b = 42d

The decimal point may be assumed to be before the last two 
digits (make cents?). I Don't recall what the sign would 
be either

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Doug McNash <dmcnash at yahoo.com>



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