Matt Coffman wrote:

> As stated in my last post - I was looking for guidance.  My sincere
> apologies if it appears I am looking for someone to code for me.  I am
> new to this and I obviously lack certain skills - communicating my
> problem being one of them.  I appreciate your candid response but I
> don't think the lecture is necessary.

Oh, but it was. Now you know that you need to show your sincerity by posting
your code and your questions about your code. You didn't know that before.
You are way ahead, and the next steps are yours.

Steps like these:

1. Describe the problem to be solved with perfect clarity, such that no
typical reader could possibly have any doubt about the problem to be
solved. One way to do this is to say "Here is sample content for the first
file ... and the second file .. and here is what the program's output
should look like ..."

2. Show us that you intend to get personally involved by posting your code.
If you cannot post code, post pseudo-code, that is to say, "code" meant to
resemble steps toward solving the problem, even if the "code" isn't
actually executable.

> As stated in my last post - I was looking for guidance.

This is the right guidance. You asked, and now you have it.

We await your reply.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com