i have a file that has a number of records,
each with 5 fields of a fixed length.
how would i read each of those fields into a separate array..
like how do you tell the perl script to read
just a set number of characters and for it to skip
that number of chars for the next array?

so array a,b,c,d,e one for each field.

Each record is exactly 100 bytes long,
makes it easier to calculate.

The fields are as follows:
01-06 JOB NUMBER
07-16 CUSTOMER NAME
17-26 TELEPHONE NUMBER
27-36 AGENCY REFERENCE
37-100 STATUS DESCRIPTION (60 BYTES + 4 BYTES SPACES)

quite happy to have any ideas on this emailed to me at

Jeremy

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