Parser for signed overpunch values?
I am working with some old data imports and came across a bunch of data from an external source that reports financial numbers with a signed overpunch . I've seen alot, but this is before my time. Before I go about creating a function to parse these strangers, I wanted to check to see if there was a standard way to handle these. I guess my question is, does the .Net framework provide a standard facility for converting signed overpunch strings? If not .NET, are there any third party tools I can use so I don't reinvent the wheel? Over-punched numeric ( Zoned-Decimal in Cobol) comes from the old