I was looking for some help from the wise monks. I have a file that I read in and then break into an array based on its location in the file. I need to make an index so that I can sort the file and then pull out any record I need based on the index. I am kind of stumped and would appreciate any help. Here is what I have started so far, please forgive the childlike coding. 

sub Read_File {
    $Index = 1;
    while(<CLAIMS>)
    {
        chomp;
        $FirstItem[$FirstItem[$Index]] = substr($_,1,8);
        $SecondItem[$SecondItem[$Index]] = substr($_,9,6);
        $ThirdItem[$ThirdItem[$index]] = substr($_,15,2);
        #File continues ad nauseum but you get the idea
        $Index++; 
    }

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Any suggestions to get me heading in the right direction would be appreciated. Prince99 Too Much is never enough...

In reply to indexing an array by Prince99

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