------ art_21643_11155974.1208808316121 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > to_f -- "Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying." -Greg Graffin (Bad Religion) ------ art_21643_11155974.1208808316121--