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Populate `buffer` with the BID representation of `decimal`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdldfp_decimalconvertutil.h>`

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static
void
decimalToBID(
    unsigned char* buffer,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal32.adoc[Decimal32] decimal);
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== Description

The BID representations of `Decimal32`, `Decimal64`, and `Decimal128` require 4, 8, and 16 bytes respectively. The behavior is undefined unless `buffer` points to a contiguous sequence of at least `sizeof(decimal)` bytes. Note that the BID representation is defined in section 3.5 of IEEE 754‐2008.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *buffer*
| receives the BID encoding
| *decimal*
| value to encode
|===


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