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From: wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.lang.c,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer,sci.math.num-analysis
Subject: BCD Encoding?
Keywords: BCD, dbase
Message-ID: <2024@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 90 16:10:05 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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dBASE IV writes it's new numeric variables to the memory variable save
files in BCD format unless the variable is set up as fixed.  I need
to know the format of BCD so that I can interpret the numbers for
a project that I am working on.  Any clues?


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Northern AZ Univ  Flagstaff, AZ 86011