public function bcNormalize($a)
    {
        if (is_string($a)) {
            $a = (substr($a, 0, 2) == '0x') ? substr($a, 2) : $a;
        }

        /** For now...
        switch($this->Test($a)) {
            case 'hex':
                $a = $this->convertToDec($a);
                break;
            //case 'bin':
                // convert to hex, dec
                //break;
            case 'unk':
            throw new \Exception('Unknown number type in BC::bcNormalize().  Cannot process!');
        }
        **/

        return $a;
    }