I am trying to take the variable $page_data and skip (delete) all words less than 3 characters in length, and then put them back in another variable name $new_page_data with a space after every word. The output always just gives me the last word - moon. Thanks in advance. 
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

$ignore = 3;

$page_data = "the cow jump over the moon";

@text = split(/\s/, $page_data); 


foreach $line (@text) {
$len = length($line);
    if($len < $ignore) {
    delete(@text[$line]);
    }
    else {
    print "$line ";
    $new_page_data = sprintf("%-5s", $line);
    }
}

print "<p>$new_page_data";

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