Your code looks really nice and I think I may be able to use it, or at least a approach similar to this, the only question that is flagged is how would this handle data from a file that uses one patteren through out the file? It seems this line in my OP was over looked "in all I am working with four files and this is the only one that differs like this."

While one of the four is semicolen delimited so I am just doing a split and removing the extra whitespace, that leaves the file in which my sample output was from and two other files which have their own patteren

A short break down of the files could be put as:

  1. File 1: semicolen delimited
  2. File 2: fixed 02:10:33:15:19:10:3:18:6:4 & 02:98:11:9
  3. File 3: fixed 2:35:14:14:14:19:25:11:16
  4. File 4: fixed 2:20:20:2:11:8:10:10:03:3:4
If it helps here is some sample output from file 3 and file 4 File 3: 
028088                               00000005402.6000000000000.0000000
+000000.002011-04-19 12:00:00ALICIA MARIA LOPEZ BAZZOC00101893559
0213262                              00000000000.0000000000000.0000000
+000000.002011-04-19 12:00:00INDEGOLF S.A.            00101893559
029052                               00000002927.4000000000000.0000000
+000000.002011-04-19 12:00:00INDEGOLF (ALICIA LOPEZ)  02800898617
027550                               00000000000.0000000000000.0000000
+000000.002011-04-19 12:00:00ALICIA LOPEZ   (INDEGOLF)02855262166
029051                               00000000000.0000000000000.0000000
+000000.002011-04-19 12:00:00ALICIA MARIA LOPEZ BAZZOC02800898617
028085                               00000000000.0000000000000.0000000
+000000.002010-10-20 12:00:00INDEGOLF, S. A.          00101893559

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File 4: 
02CAFETERIA, ,MARI    0000000000000009822507+0009403.20201104150032018
+74313748210172100005
02RAMON, BRITO        0000000000000009817407+0108815.92201104150032018
+74413748210172100005
02EAST COAST CHART    0000000000000009851407+0002838.60201104150032211
+49915931210382100005
02INMOBILIARIA PAL    0000000000000009770507+0001345.18201104150029156
+70515250210202100005
02IGLESIA ESPIRITU    0000000000000009755607+0001031.74201104150032018
+60213748210172100005

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This is why I have it reading in the first file that way it loads the correct template for the data that I am parsing. I regret not giving output from the other files at the time I orginally posted, I wasn't even sure if my post would make it through the area that I live in was part of the area affected by the storms that went through the southeast U.S.

In reply to Re^2: Working with fixed length files by vendion
in thread Working with fixed length files by vendion

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