Thanks, Ron. I needed to preserve the negative, so I append a minus sign, then
use your snippet.
,
str := '($1,925.46)' .
('(*)' match: str ) ifTrue: [str := '-', str].
str := str reject: [:e | '($,)' includes: e].
num := str asNumber => -1925.46
Sincerely,
Joe.
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