Need Help Removing "-" character from names, but not from numbers in a combined string
Hello All
I am having difficulty trying to separate "-" from names while leaving it in for negative numbers.
The original file is a PDF which I can not get in any other format.
Occasionally a name is followed by a number with no space between them. I can split them to separate the name from the number until I run into a name that has a hyphen or a negative number.
Examples of data after I trap the Name and Reg Pay line as one trap to split later:
Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
---|---|---|
Original string | Name | Number |
Jane Doe 425.36 | Jane Doe | 425.36 |
Jane Smith-Doe 325.00 | Jane Smith-Doe | - 325.00 |
Jane DoeDoe -170.15 | Jane Doe | -170.15 |
Jane Smith-Doe852.15 | Jane Smith-Doe | -852.15 |
As you can see, the top and middle rows works out fine, but the second and last row give me false negative numbers.
Original Data PDF Structure:
EENum Name
Loc JobCode Reg Pay Overtime
Department 1234 Accounting
1234567 Jane Doe 425.36 12.25
99999 RP1234
1234568 Jane Smith-Doe 325.00 0.00
99999 RP1234
1234569 Jane DoeDoe -170.15 10.52
99999 RP1234
1234570 Jane Smith-Doe852.15 5.25
It is rows like that last one that are throwing me doing a normal capture.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Especially ones that let me trap the last row and split the Reg Pay out automatically.
I am using version 13.4 of Monarch
Thank you
Aaron