my $line = 1 | 0.116 0.088 0.173 0.624; #### my $line = "0.116 0.088 0.173 0.624"; my @prob = $line =~ m/(\b0\.[0-9][0-9][0-9])/g; print $prob[0], "\n"; print $prob[1], "\n"; print $prob[2], "\n"; print $prob[3], "\n";