[erlang-questions] BCD encoding and decodiing

[Tony Rogvall]

Here is a version not using loops, 'case', 'if', io_lib nor lists (just for fun)
I put macros here to make the code a bit more readable :-)

-define(SIGN(X), ((abs((X)+1) - abs((X)-1)) div 2)).
-define(POSITIVEP(X), ((?SIGN((X)) + 1) div 2)).
-define(TRUNCD(N,S), ((N) rem trunc(math:pow(10,(S))))).

encode(N, Size) when N > 0, Size > 0 ->
    Bits = << <<(X-$0):4>> || X <- integer_to_list(?TRUNCD(N,Size*2))>>,
    K = Size*8 - bit_size(Bits),
    <<0:(K*?POSITIVEP(K)),Bits/bits>>.


decode(Bits) ->
    list_to_integer([X+$0 || <<X:4>> <= Bits]).

/Tony

On 4 feb 2012, at 13:29, Steve Davis wrote:

> encode(N, Size) ->
> 	encode0(N, Size * 2, <<>>).
> 
> encode0(N, Size, Acc) when Size > 0 ->
> 	encode0(N div 10, Size - 1, <<(N rem 10):4, Acc/bits>>);
> encode0(_, _, Acc) ->
> 	Acc.
> 
> decode(N, Size) ->
> 	case byte_size(N) of
> 	Size ->
> 		decode0(N, 0);
> 	_ ->
> 		error
> 	end.
> 
> decode0(<<X:4, Bin/bits>>, Acc) ->
> 	decode0(Bin, Acc * 10 + X);
> decode0(<<>>, Acc) ->
> 	Acc.
> 
> ..assuming the "size" argument in decode is a constraint. Not sure you
> need it.
> 
> regs,
> /s
> 
> On Feb 3, 11:01 pm, Avinash Dhumane <avin...@REDACTED> wrote:
>> Can the following encode and decode functions be written without any library calls from modules 'lists' and 'io_lib'? Please show how. The test cases are included at the end. Thanks
>> 
>> $ cat bcd.erl
>> -module(bcd).
>> -compile(export_all).
>> % pack the digits of an integer as BCD in a given size of binary
>> % pad with leading zeros
>> encode(N, Size) ->
>>   << <<X:4>> || X <- lists:flatten(io_lib:fwrite("~*..0B", [Size*2, N])) >>.
>> % unpack the given size of BCD binary into an integer
>> % strip leading zeros
>> decode(N, Size) ->
>>   io_lib:fread("~d", [ X+$0 || <<X:4>> <= <<N:(Size*8)/bits>> ]).
>> 
>> $ erl
>> Eshell V5.8.3  (abort with ^G)
>> 1> c(bcd).
>> {ok,bcd}
>> 2> bcd:encode(1, 5).
>> <<0,0,0,0,1>>
>> 3> bcd:decode(v(2), 5).
>> {ok,[1],[]}
>> 4> bcd:encode(12345, 5).
>> <<0,0,1,35,69>>
>> 5> bcd:decode(v(4), 5).
>> {ok,[12345],[]}
>> 6> bcd:encode(1234567890, 5).
>> <<18,52,86,120,144>>
>> 7> bcd:decode(v(6), 5).
>> {ok,[1234567890],[]}
>> 8>
>> 
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