BCDTOBIN(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual BCDTOBIN(9)NAME
bcdtobin, bintobcd — convert a single byte between (unsigned) packed bcd
and binary
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/systm.h>
unsigned int
bcdtobin(unsigned int bcd);
unsigned int
bintobcd(unsigned int bin);
DESCRIPTION
The bcdtobin() and bintobcd() functions convert a single byte between
(unsigned) packed bcd and binary encodings.
RETURN VALUES
The bcdtobin() function returns the binary value of its BCD-encoded argu‐
ment, bcd. The bintobcd() function returns the BCD encoding of its
binary argument, bin.
BSD March 11, 2006 BSD