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PDw.d format

PDw.d format

Writes packed decimal data

Numeric

Width range: 1 to 16

Default width: 1

Decimal Range: 0-31

Alignment: left

UNIX specifics: data representation

The PDw.d format writes values in packed decimal format. In packed decimal data, each byte contains two digits. The w value represents the number of bytes, not the number of digits. The value's sign is the first byte. Because the entire first byte is used for the sign, you should specify at least a width of 2.

For more details, see Reading and Writing Binary Data .

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