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my $str = 'somename 1000 0.24 280 2 2576.9 2731.9 12.0 4195.3' +; my @array = split /\s+/, $str;
die "invalid input format: '$str'" if $str !~ / \A [a-z]\w* (?: \s+ [\d.]+ ){8} \z /ixo; my @array = split /\s+/, $str;