Ok if we include MoreUtils we could use part which does what I wanted without an explicit while:

  DB<41> use List::MoreUtils "part"
 
  DB<42> $a=join " ",0..5
 
  DB<43> x part {my $i++/2} $a =~/(\w) (\w)/g
0  ARRAY(0x90c6430)
   0  0
   1  1
1  ARRAY(0x90c68a0)
   0  2
   1  3
2  ARRAY(0x90c68b0)
   0  4
   1  5

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but after considering MoreUtils it's only a small step to define a specialized functional solution fold (&) on one's own...

 grep { } fold { $a =~/(\w) (\w)/g }.

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re^2: global regex returning a list of arrays? by LanX
in thread global regex returning a list of arrays? by LanX

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