Glen Holcomb
4/21/2008 8:05:00 PM
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Tim Wolak <twolak@sktydev.com> wrote:
>
> Afternoon all,
>
> I have a set of files that are downloaded via ftp which I iterate over and
> grab account numbers are their balances. I have been able to iterate over
> the individual lines and get my data however the account balances are
> gather
> by getting their specific position on current line and the position just
> before the account balance is a "0" or a "-", which indicates if the
> balance
> is a positive or a negative number.
>
> My issue is what is the best way to have ruby indicate this float number
> as
> a negative number so when I compare account balances from the current day
> and the previous that the difference is calculated correctly?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Tim
>
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