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spo



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spo 21 Apr 2004, 21:40
Hi! I'm looking for a sample code which would convert a 32bit integer value (stored in 2 separate words - 2 x 16 bits) into a BCD array (unpacked).
thank's for any suggestions.
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vid
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vid 22 Apr 2004, 08:31
just wondering - what are you going to use BCDs for?
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spo 22 Apr 2004, 14:44
Well, my brother has to do a homework using BCD arithmetics. I know BCD isn't being much used these days, but sometimes someone has to deal with it. anyway, thanks for asking
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vid 22 Apr 2004, 18:17
general algorithm is something like this (in C):

//store n as BCD at buffer at dest
//unsigned int n;
//unsigned int *dest;
do{
low = n % 10;
n = n / 10;
high = n % 10;
n = n / 10;
*dest = (high << 16) | low;
dest++;
} while (n>0)

size of buffer pointed by dest depends on size of "int". If int is 16bit, buffer must hold 5 decimal digits (65535), that means 3 bytes. For 32bits, it must hold 10 digits (4294967296), that means 5 bytes.

I hope this code is right and you can code in C, i don't have enough time to write & test ASM code.
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