If I recall correctly you've already asked a very similar question a couple of times:

• assigning flat file dbs to arrays
• Array extraction and separate returns

I'm not quite sure what was wrong in my original answer: 350643.

Perhaps now would be a good time to step away from the code and give us a broad description of what you're trying to achieve.

It might go something like the following:

I have two files with search indexes in them. My criteria for these search indexes are different for both files. I would like a suggestion on how I can ... and get back ...

We can see the code, but it's not helping us understand the problem you're trying to solve.

all the best,

jarich

Update:

Just thought I'd point out that you've also had some very good answers at yet another attempt at this question over here: Separating multiple keyword search input.