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Does this actually support (non-delimited) fixed-width files? #7

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@snookerc

Happy Holidays!

Just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Seems like this library ONLY supports parsing delimited, and not fixed-width files?

We work with a lot of fixed-width files at my company and they look like this:

    100A999XYZTESTDATA123456789
    200Z888ABCTESTTWO 987654231
    300X777ZZZHELLO   111111111
    400Q666AAATESTING 222222222

These files don't use a delimiter. Instead, parsing requires knowing the fixed width of each "field" within the line (3 digits, 1 char, 3 digits, 3 chars, 8 chars, 9 digits, etc).

Unfortunately we are stuck using these from lots of (mainframe based) vendors in our industry :-(

Let me know if I'm being an idiot :-D Otherwise I'd propose changing the developer "read me" to clarify.

Thank you and have a happy new year!
Chris

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