All the strings in each of the rows and columns are of fixed length.
In that case it may be worth considering unpack. This way if you have a blank field represented by a space it will still work.

I've assumed each field is separated by a space (the x). You may have to adjust the field widths to taste. 

#!/bin/perl5

use strict;
use warnings;

my $rec = q{maps_c7    360_925_RV     3195943 00    56     0K9048};

my @flds = unpack qq{A10xA14xA7xA5xA6xA6}, $rec;

print qq{*$_*\n} for @flds;

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output: 
*maps_c7*
*360_925_RV*
*3195943*
*00*
*56*
*0K9048*

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See also perlpacktut:
two of the most misunderstood and most often overlooked functions that Perl provides
:-)

In reply to Re: Reading a file as an multi dimensional array Please help by wfsp
in thread Reading a file as an multi dimensional array Please help by sas429s

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