pied as the first argument (<code class="literal">src</code>) and a pointer to the
        target structure of type decimal (<code class="literal">target</code>) as the second
        argument.
       </p></dd><dt id="ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DECCVASC"><span class="term"><code class="function">deccvasc</code></span> <a href="#ECPG-INFORMIX-FUNCTIONS-DECCVASC" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
        Convert a value from its ASCII representation into a decimal type.
</p><pre class="synopsis">
int deccvasc(ch