C:\test>perl -E "my $foo='abc def';my @foo=split m/ /,$foo; for (@foo) {say $_}" abc def #### C:\test>perl -E "my $foo='abc def';my @foo=split m/ /,$foo; for (@foo) {say}" abc def #### C:\test>perl -E "my $foo='abc def';my @foo=split m/ /,$foo; say for @foo" abc def #### C:\test>perl -E "my @foo=split m/ /,'abc def'; say for @foo" abc def #### C:\test>perl -E "say for split m/ /,'abc def'" abc def