use strict; use warnings; my @tableVals; while () { push @tableVals, [/\s+([-.\d]+)\s+/g] if /^\|\s+\d/; } __DATA__ +----+-----+-------+--------+----+----+--------+----+--------+---+ | M | m | p | k | y | my | r | s | o | c | +----+-----+-------+--------+----+----+--------+----+--------+---+ | 84 | 250 | 16700 | 4900 | 13 | 0 | 102124 | 23 | 0 | 0 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 17290 | 4905 | 13 | 6 | 102124 | 1 | 3687 | 0 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 17290 | 4905 | 13 | 6 | 102124 | 22 | 3687 | 2 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 17290 | 4910 | 13 | 6 | 102124 | 3 | 3687 | 2 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 16700 | 4900 | 13 | 6 | 102124 | 3 | 0 | 5 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 17290 | 4905 | 13 | 6 | 102124 | 4 | 3687 | 2 |* similar | 84 | 250 | 10200 | 46423 | 11 | 5 | 52012 | 23 | 485 | 1 |# similar | 84 | 250 | 10900 | 46423 | 11 | 5 | 52012 | 8 | 485 | 0 |# similar | 84 | 250 | 9900 | 46423 | 11 | 5 | 52012 | 22 | 485 | 1 |# similar | 84 | 250 | 10900 | 46423 | 11 | 5 | 52012 | 3 | 485 | 1 |# similar | 84 | 250 | 5200 | 150000 | 07 | 11 | 31609 | 8 | 54964 | 3 |& similar | 84 | 250 | 5490 | 150000 | 07 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 54964 | 0 |& similar | 84 | 250 | 5300 | 150000 | 07 | 11 | 31609 | 6 | 54964 | 0 |& similar | 84 | 250 | 14390 | 49501 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 140427 | 1 |§ similar | 84 | 250 | 13980 | 49501 | 11 | 5 | 31751 | 6 | 140427 | 0 |§ similar | 84 | 250 | 13980 | 49501 | 11 | 5 | 31751 | 3 | 140427 | 1 |§ similar | 84 | 250 | 14380 | 49501 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 140427 | 1 |§ similar | 84 | 250 | 14380 | 49501 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 140427 | 0 |§ similar +----+-----+-------+--------+----+----+--------+----+--------+---+ #### $VAR1 = [ [ '84', '250', '16700', '4900', '13', '0', '102124', '23', '0', '0' ], [ '84', '250', '17290', '4905', '13', '6', '102124', '1', '3687', '0' ], [ '84', '250', '17290', '4905', ... #### print $tableVals[2]->[3]; # (zero indexed) row 2, col 3 #### my $sum; $sum += $tableVals[$_]->[7] for 0 .. $#tableVals; print $sum; # prints 204