It is working fin for me. The £ sign comes out funny because I an in Latinamerica and using the standard character set.

DATA 

0004$ADAM0002*330004%19770004$BOB 0002*430004%1967
0003$XDA0002*440004%22220003$XOB0002*990004%3333
0100$THIS IS A 100 CHAR FIELD £$%£%$£                                 
+                             12345
0030*THIS IS A 30 CHAR ONE

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Result 

 
Process started >>>
$ => ADAM,BOB ,XDA,XOB,THIS IS A 100 CHAR FIELD ú$%ú%$ú               
+                                               12345
% => 1977,1967,2222,3333
* => 33,43,44,99,THIS IS A 30 CHAR ONE        
size of hash:  3.
------------------------------------------------------------
<<< Process finished.

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In reply to Re^3: Splitting file into separate files based on record lengths and identifiers by Generoso
in thread Splitting file into separate files based on record lengths and identifiers by monty77

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