I wish to input a text file with 300 records, each containing 6 fields, into a multi dimensional array so that I can refer to each item using subscripts such as field(1,3) referring to record 1, third field. How can I read in this file and load such an array. None of the manuals seem to make this clear. Julian # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org