my $dataline = "XP.sta1 -41.5166 0.0513 0.6842 0.1794 0 CPHI.BHZ 300.2458 -42.2436"; my @arr = split /\s+/, $dataline; say "$arr[0], \t $arr[8]"; =head OUTPUT: XP.sta1, -42.2436 =cut