Hi Jim,

thanks for checking...

Christof

>Hi Christof,
>
>I'm not so sure that "BCD" is "packed Decimal". My brief review of the code seems to confirm this.
>
>In case you are unaware, "packed decimal" (in IBMese) takes the form:
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>|nn|nn|nn|ns| where "n" is a number between 0-9, the "|" signifies a byte delimiter (so the example has 4 bytes (character positions) and "s" is the sign (I seem to remember that "B" and 'E" are negative indicators while "A", "C" "D" and "F" ("F" being standard) are positive).
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>Cheers
>
>Jim N
>