Packed decimal specifies a method of encoding decimal numbers by using each byte to represent two decimal digits. Packed decimal representation stores decimal data with exact precision. The fractional ...

Not all Java developers need the precision that BigDecimal offers. However, those who do usually don’t have to use BigDecimal for very long before running into the java.lang.ArithmeticException with ...

Editor's Note: This is the first article in a two-part series on decimal representations and decimal arithmetic in general, and on Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) in particular. In this first installment, ...

is numeric data that is stored in binary form. Binary numbers have a base of two and are represented with the digits 0 and 1. are binary decimal numbers that are encoded by using each byte to ...