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Return the native implementation representation of the value of the same size base&hyphen;10 floating&hyphen;point value stored in Binary Integer Decimal format at the specified `buffer` address&period; The behavior is undefined unless `buffer` points to a memory area at least `sizeof(decimal)` in size containing a value in BID format&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimalconvertutil&period;h&gt;`

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static
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decimal128FromBID(unsigned char const* buffer);
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