$d1 = substr($field, 0, 2);    # 2 bytes
$d2 = substr($field, 2, 2+2);  # 4 bytes
$d3 = substr($field, 4, 4+6);  # 6 bytes etc.

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my @d;
for my $i (0 .. $length-$n) {
    $d[$i] = substr($field, $i*$n, $n)
}

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my @d = map{ substr $field, $_*n, $n } 0 .. ($length)/$n;

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my @d = unpack("A$n " x $length/$n, $field);

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my @d = $field =~ m[.{1,$n}]g;