Re^2: Extracting selected fields form file record

another way is filling in undef for the ignored fields

my ($first,$second,undef,$third,undef,$fourth,undef,$fifth,undef,$sixth) = split / /, $line;

please also note that split operates on regexes, so /\s+/ might be what is really wanted.

Cheers Rolf
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Re^3: Extracting selected fields form file record by soonix (Chancellor) on Feb 06, 2022 at 19:53 UTC
A single space character (' ') is a special case. I admit that it is a bit buried in the split documentation. Of course, ~~only~~ at most OP knows whether leading whitespace should be kept…	[reply]
Re^4: Extracting selected fields form file record by LanX (Saint) on Feb 06, 2022 at 20:14 UTC
you are right and it will also handle leading whitespace! :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]