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Encode `decimal` in multi‐width format into `buffer`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdldfp_decimalconvertutil.h>`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Types/size_type.adoc[bsls::Types::size_type]
decimal64ToMultiWidthEncoding(
    unsigned char* buffer,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/Decimal64.adoc[bdldfp::Decimal64] decimal);
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== Description

The behavior is undefined unless `buffer` points to a memory area with enough room to hold the encoded value (which has a maximum size of 8 bytes).

== Return Value

number of bytes used by the encoding

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *buffer*
| receives the multi‐width encoding
| *decimal*
| value to encode
|===


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