>Thanks Madam.But ASCAN() Will search for the Exact existence of record. is it possible with ACSN () to search like record, I mean to say that
>If the Array Element consist of "F2 B (Usage Charges)387 530 w" than is it possible to search 'Usage Charges' from Array element and Extract 300 from it using ASCAN.
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>currently I am Scanning the entire array using For ENFOR and using IF 'Usage Charges' $ laArray(I)=.T., like this
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>FOR I= 1 TO nU1 && nU1 is the Length of Array
>>>>IF 'Usage Charges' $ laArray(I)=.T.
>>>>lnRowposition =    VAL(GETWORDNUM(laArray(I), GETWORDCOUNT(laArray(I)) - 1)) && The second last word
>>>>lnLeftColumnposition = GETWORDNUM(laArray(I), GETWORDCOUNT(laArray(I)) - 2) && The Third last word
>>>>lnLeftColumnposition=VAL(STREXTRACT(lnLeftColumnposition,')',''))
>>>>EXIT
>>>>ENDIF
>>>>ENDFOR
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>Kinldy Guide

You really should be able to determine the answer to that yourself from the help. However, considering that you have been advised that arrays offer no benefit whatsoever to such a task, why waste further time on arrays?

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>>>I am trying to some Extract Data from a Text file and preform some Manipulation on it.
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>>>For Extraction of Data I have two options, 1st create a cursor using Append from abc.txt SDF and Use The Locate Command to find my Data inside and extract it.
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>>>2nd Use an Array. Initially I opted the second option. Now, to extract the Data from The array I am Scaning the entire Array from top Until the record is Matched, but since the volume of Data to be extracted from ech file and the number of files are also too Large, its taking huge time for entire processing.
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>>Just want to point out that the fast way to search in an array is with ASCAN().
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>>Tamar