Chapter 15: Binary-Coded Decimal (BCD)

Overview

Converting an ASCII string to binary-coded decimal is as easy as pie (or is it a piece of cake?). In BCD, for every byte, the lower 4-bit nibble and upper 4-bit nibble each store a value from 0 to 9 (think double-digit hex only the upper six values A through F are ignored).

Workbench Files: \Bench\x86\chap15\ project \ platform

project	platform
ASE to VMP     \ase2vmp\	\vc6
BCD 2N            \bcd\	\vc.net