if newlines are considered part of the data:
(untested)
 { 
   local $/="\t";

   my $i = 0;
   my @arr = ();
   while ( <FILE> ) {
     push @{$arr[$i++%50]}, $_;
   }
 }

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This should (note that the code is untested) give you an array of array references that each contain 50 items (except possibly the last array ref).

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In reply to Re^5: splitting arrays by RazorbladeBidet
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