if i understand it correctly (reading wikipedia's description) the
field is either packed BCD (each nibble is the binary representation
of the digit) or ebcdic representation of the digits (see /sys/src/cmd/dd.c:618)
> So, I'm working with ISO8583, a "standard" (HAHAHAH!) The "standard"
> al
> So, I'm working with ISO8583, a "standard" (HAHAHAH!) The "standard"
> allows but does not require, BCD encoding of numerical data. Which may or
> may not have a BCD-encoded numerical length prefix. The prefix may or may
> not be 1 to 3 bytes in length. Or the data might come with no prefi
