#READ input A, B, C, D; my $INPUT_DATA = $_; if (defined($INPUT_DATA) && ($INPUT_DATA =~ /INPUT (.*)/)) { my $input_data = $1; my @input_array = split /,/, $1; my $size_input = @input_array; print "Input = "; print scalar "@input_array\n"; print "Number of input = $size_input\n"; }