Re: Help with BCD conversion

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Date	2012-02-18 08:24 -0800
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On 2/17/2012 3:47 PM, HarishD wrote:

> I am converting number strings to IBM 360-style BCD as you stated but
> without the sign encoded. The behavior of the
> two test strings is different. I am unable to figure out why.

You might want to explain what IBM 360 style BCD is, for those of us who 
aren't intimately familiar with it.  Where do you expect the the least 
significant digit and the most significant digit to appear?  What does 
the final array format look like?  (I'm pretty sure the original IBM BCD 
didn't use Java arrays).

Explain where the digits go in an array for each of the following test 
cases:

1
12
123
1234

Where is the length of the BCD indicated?

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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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