$array[13]="" unless defined $array[13]; $array[14]="" unless defined $array[14]; #### while () { chomp; my @array=split/\s+/; $array[13]="" unless defined $array[13]; $array[14]="" unless defined $array[14]; print "$array[13]\t$array[14]\n"; print OUTFILE "$array[13]\t$array[14]\n"; }