Date:         Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:21:21 GMT
Reply-To:     lebeau <lebeau777@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         lebeau <lebeau777@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      reading in a record with undetermined lines

I need to read in records that don't all have the same number of variables
over more than 1 line.  Each variable has a label and a new record should
starts when I read a certain variable (Cust    :)

ex.
Cust    : John
Acct    : 111
Amt     : $150
Amt2   : $40
Cust    : Jeff
Acct    : 458
Amt     : $450
Cust    : Kim
Acct    : 784
Amt     : $214
Amt2   : $54

Problem is if I read in like:
input @11 var1 $5 /
        @11 var2 $5 /
        @11 var3 $5 /
        @11 var4 $5 ;
I lose the Kim record because it only has 3 variables to the record.
Anything I try I lose records.
Question is, how do you read in the records to make a one line per record
flat file when you don't know how many lines a record (in the input file).
Each record begins with Cust    : .