dbrock,
This is how I would do it:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my %data;
open (INPUT,"file") or die "Unable to open file : $!";
while (<INPUT>) {
    my @temparray = split /\s+/;
    next unless (@temparray == 14);
    $data{$temparray[0]} = \@temparray;
}
foreach (keys %data) {
    print "$_:\n";
    $data{$_}->[3] ? print "\tSuccess\n" : print "\tFailure\n";
    print "\tStart:  $data{$_}->[5]\n";
    print "\tFinish:  $data{$_}->[7]\n";
    print "\tH/M/S:  $data{$_}->[8]\n";
    print "\tMBs:  $data{$_}->[9]\n";
}
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Now let me explain what is going on:

You have a Hash or Arrays or HoA

The @temparray == 14 ensures only the entries you want if keys are not unique use an AoA instead of HoA

You set the hash key to a reference to the array

You can then pull out any group and value easily

If the group names are not going to be unique, then you can change the HoA to an Array of Arrays (AoA).

Cheers - L~R

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In reply to Re: splitting a line into an array by Limbic~Region
in thread splitting a line into an array by dbrock

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