my @wtodays= 'cOne cTwo cThree 13 sec cFour cOne cTwo cThree 11 sec cFour cOne cTwo cThree 1 min 2 sec cFour cOne cTwo cThree 13 sec cFour'; for ( @wtodays ) { $table->addRow(split(/\s+/, "$_\n")); } #### my @wtodays = ( 'cOne cTwo cThree 13 sec cFour'. 'cOne cTwo cThree 11 sec cFour', 'cOne cTwo cThree 1 min 2 sec cFour', 'cOne cTwo cThree 13 sec cFour', ); for ( @wtodays ) { # do whatever text processing you need on a single row }