use strict; use warnings; sub do_something { print '{', $_[0], "}\n" } local $/ = ' '; while (<>) { do_something($_); } #### sub cin_read { my $inchar = getc; $inchar = getc while $inchar =~ /^\s$/; my $result = ''; while ($inchar =~ /^\S$/) { $result .= $inchar; $inchar = getc; } return $result; }