Chromatic, thanks for your reply. But you're a bit off on the spec. I don't necessarily want to print the entire row that contains the returned string. I want to: 
1. Create a subset (an array), based upon columnar data in File A; the
+ column(s) as specified on the command line. See my example.

2. For each matched index in the array, read File B horizontally, grab
+bing data only from the column(s) that I specified on the command lin
+e.

3. Creating a new file, File C with new column labels.

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I apologize profusely if I'm lacking clarity. But, I'm not sure how else to explain my spec, other than how I explained it in my original post. Thanks again, for replying!

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