use v5.14; use warnings; say "INPUT: ",my $str = join " ", 11 .. 19; my @matches = $str =~ m/(\d+) (\d+)/g ; while (my ($c,$r) = splice @matches,0,2) { say "$c - $r"; } #### INPUT: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 - 12 13 - 14 15 - 16 17 - 18 #### use v5.14; use warnings; say "INPUT: ",my $str = join " ", 1..9; my $stop=5; while ( my ($c,$r) = ($str =~ m/(\d+) (\d)/gc) ) { say "$c $r"; die unless $stop--; } #### INPUT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2