Index: POIRecord.java
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--- POIRecord.java	(revision 3354)
+++ POIRecord.java	(working copy)
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * Street and Phone numbers can be stored in two different ways in the poi record
-	 * Simple Number that only contain digits are coded in base 11 coding.
+	 * Simple Number that only contain digits or '-' are coded in base 11 coding.
 	 * This helper class tries to code the given number. If the number contains other
 	 * chars like in 4a the coding fails and the caller has to use a Label instead
 	 */
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 		/**
 		 * Encode a string as base 11.
 		 * @param str The input string.
-		 * @return If the string is not all numeric (or A) then false is returned
+		 * @return If the trimmed string is not all numeric (or '-') then false is returned
 		 * and this object is invalid.
 		 */
 		public boolean set(String str) {