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[Kenneth Brody]

Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Kroboth, Joe wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Trying to so some importing of an alien file and I'm in need of an edit that would covert fixed length numbers to the standard .2 format. 
>>
>> 00000002451873+   to   24518.73
>>
>> 00000000107859-   to   -1078.59
>>
>> Any help would great. 
> 
> Sure.  "Easy peasy, lemon squeezy" as they say.
> 
> ==========
> joe       \ [{ !0! }] ( joeneg | joepos )
> joeneg    ( {N}"-" ) & ( <"-"> { ( <.> N N !"-"! @ ) | N } )
> joepos    ( {N}"+" ) & ( { ( <.> N N !"+"! @ ) | N } )
> ==========
> 
> Change the edit names as you see fit.

And, just in case you need to take a filePro ".2" field and put it back into 
that format:

unjoe    \0\ [{!" "!}] ( (!-! [{N}] !.! N N <->) | [{N}] !.! N N <+> )

-- 
Kenneth Brody