Thank you for your reply, I am getting output what I expected. Is there any shortcut code apart from this line, using  : @ type of input statements.   I am sorry, I could understand the following line.    input @; call scan(_infile_,-1,_position,_length); month=substr(_infile_,_position); _infile_=substr(_infile_,1,_position-1);  Thank you,   Regards, Praveen           Regards, Praveen ... View more