my @array = split /:/; # the $_ is implied
my $foo = $array[1];


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my $foo = (split /:/)[1];


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print map { my ($m)=1<<hex($_)&11?' ':'';
$m.=substr('AHJPacehklnorstu',hex($_),1) }
split //,'2fde0abe76c36c914586c';