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Re: problem with bcd and a number

From Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: problem with bcd and a number
Date 2011-08-05 16:01 +0000
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On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:52:45 +0200, Christoph Hansen <ch@radamanthys.de> wrote:
> MRAB schrieb:
>
>> The value is MSB * 100 + (LSB>>  4) * 10 + (LSB&  0xF)
>
> i would say
>
> (MSB >> 4)*100 + (MSB & 0xF)*10 + (LSB >> 4)
>
> but who knows

I concur.  I think the documentation is trying to say that the
low-order nibble of the LSB is garbage.

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problem with bcd and a number nephish <nephish@gmail.com> - 2011-08-04 11:26 -0700
  Re: problem with bcd and a number Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-08-04 12:44 -0700
  Re: problem with bcd and a number MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-08-04 20:35 +0100
    Re: problem with bcd and a number Christoph Hansen <ch@radamanthys.de> - 2011-08-04 21:52 +0200
      Re: problem with bcd and a number Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2011-08-05 16:01 +0000
  Re: problem with bcd and a number Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-08-04 13:14 -0700

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