Well, here's what i would do, and presuming i can still read the output is tested and correct: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

while (<DATA>) {
    my @line = split (); 
        foreach my $word (@line) {
                if ($word =~ /P/i) {
                        print "$word\n";
                }   
        }   
}


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Why?

Your use of split is fine. But you need to loop thru your array:
  • line 6: if it doesn't make sense, figure it out
  • line 7: ditto
  • line 8: ditto

    In reply to Re^3: Help with split() function by halfcountplus
    in thread Help with split() function by negzero7

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