Re: Help with BCD conversion

From	HarishD <harishdeshpande@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Help with BCD conversion
Date	2012-02-17 15:39 -0800
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On Feb 17, 5:33 pm, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid>
wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:21:20 -0800 (PST), HarishD
> <harishdeshpa...@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
> who said :
>
> >   The first test string "8945771009135617" is printed as
> >"8945771009135617' as expected.
>
> I think you need to explain what you are attempting a bit better.
> Literally your example transform does nothing.
>
> Are you trying to convert strings to IBM 360-styleBCDwhere one
> decimal digit appears in each nibble with the last nibble used to
> encode the sign? in other words a string of bytes?  Or do you want to
> start with a long or int?
>
> This is very similar to converting to hex. Seehttp://mindprod.com/jgloss/hex.html
>
> --
> Roedy Green Canadian Mind Productshttp://mindprod.com
> One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is
> "If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".

Yes, I am trying to convert strings to IBM 360- style BCD as you
stated but without the sign. My question is why
the two test cases produce behave differently.

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Help with BCD conversion HarishD <harishdeshpande@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 15:21 -0800
  Re: Help with BCD conversion Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-17 15:33 -0800
    Re: Help with BCD conversion HarishD <harishdeshpande@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 15:39 -0800
    Re: Help with BCD conversion HarishD <harishdeshpande@gmail.com> - 2012-02-17 15:47 -0800
      Re: Help with BCD conversion markspace <-@.> - 2012-02-18 08:24 -0800
        Re: Help with BCD conversion Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-02-18 09:06 -0800
          Re: Help with BCD conversion Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 10:25 -0800
            Re: Help with BCD conversion HarishD <harishdeshpande@gmail.com> - 2012-02-20 06:35 -0800
              Re: Help with BCD conversion Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-02-20 11:52 -0800
        Re: Help with BCD conversion Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 10:21 -0800

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