On 3/2/2011 5:56 AM, Carl Lindner wrote:

> I ran across this is download files from a few securities firms.

>

> {ABCDEFGHI represent positive 0 through 9

> }JKLMNOPQR represent negative 0 through 9

>

> 256K converts to -2562

>

> 256B converts to 2562

>

> the last field gives the last digit and the sign of the number

>

That's called a "sign overpunch". In the last column, you punch the

digit and also the 12-row if it's positive and the 11-row if negative.

(You are using punched cards, aren't you?)

Nostalgia aside, just retrieve the fields as Character, then run them

through a conversion routine. Pretty easy.

Dan Covill

World's Oldest FoxPro Programmer

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