#!perl use strict; use warnings; my @array=; chomp @array; my $line; my ($dow,$mon,$day,$year,$num1,$num2,$num3,$dow2,$mon2,$day2,$year2); foreach $line (@array){ ($dow,$mon,$day,$year,$num1,$num2,$num3,$dow2,$mon2,$day2,$year2) = ((split /[,]/, $line),("")x11); print "$dow2\n"; } __DATA__ Thurs,July,5,2012,123,456,789 Thurs,July,5,2012,123,456,789,Fri,July,6,2012