From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] BCD encoding in Plan9 - don't shoot me
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:43:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8a5caaeb3b1d56e75583468173563be3@lilly.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFiGbxgJ8OhdU39CcoYZr8=yZ3YHnyGNjVwsAQYq+QXP1B+rOA@mail.gmail.com>
> So, I'm working with ISO8583, a "standard" (HAHAHAH!!!!!) The "standard"
> allows but does not require, BCD encoding of numerical data. Which may or
> may not have a BCD-encoded numerical length prefix. The prefix may or may
> not be 1 to 3 bytes in length. Or the data might come with no prefix, and
> be right justified in a fixed width field of known size. Or left justified.
> So hard to tell these days.
>
> But I ramble. So I was just wanting to ask if anyone here has any simple
> BCD conversion routines.
>
> But, actually, ignore the subject line. Just shoot me.
/sys/src/9/pc/devrtc.c has an example of simple conversions, but given that standard,
i suppose simple is not what you're after.
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-12 17:43 UTC|newest]
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2016-02-10 1:02 Winston Kodogo
2016-02-12 17:43 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2016-02-12 17:44 Skip Tavakkolian
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