$ perl -E ' my @x = qw{a,b,c d,e,f g,h,i}; my @y; push @y, (split /,/)[1] for @x; say for @y; ' b e h #### $ perl -E ' my @x = qw{a,b,c d,e,f g,h,i}; my @y = map((split /,/)[1], @x); say for @y; ' b e h #### my @y = map +(split /,/)[1], @x;