my @infoArray = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "\n", 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, "\n"); my @final_array = map { $_ eq "\n" ? $_ : "$_\t"} @infoArray; # now print @final_array, for example: print join '', @final_array; #### 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 #### print join '', map { $_ eq "\n" ? $_ : "$_\t"} (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "\n", 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, "\n");