my $string = "TE=ASR,EV=R,PPF=G1,TG=G1,TMT=P1,RTV=YE,AAT=0,AT=105,ON=Y,CF1=FGOC"; my @system_options = split /,/, $string; print @system_options[0 .. 9], "\n"; print @system_options[10 .. 19], "\n"; print @system_options[20 .. 29], "\n"; print @system_options[30 .. 39], "\n";