BCDTOBIN(9)

🎀 BCDTOBIN(9) 🎀

okay so this is BCDTOBIN(9) from the Kernel Developer's Manual, and bestie, it is giving tiny-but-iconic byte-conversion energy. no cap. 💅

✨ 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 🦋

so bcdtobin() and bintobcd() are the little duo that converts a single byte between (unsigned) packed bcd and binary encodings. that is literally the whole vibe check: one byte, both directions, no extra drama. ✨

👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

• bcdtobin() — returns the binary value of its BCD-encoded argument, bcd. it hands you back the binary value, slay. 🫶
• bintobcd() — returns the BCD encoding of its binary argument, bin. iconic. 💖

xoxo, this page came from Debian and is dated March 11, 2006 — mwah 💋