in reply to How to divide a line from a text file into 8 digit chunks

Take a look at unpack: 

my @array = unpack '(a8)*', 'GRID     213736         15235.2 -2606.285
+96.178';;
print for @array;;

GRID
 213736

15235.2
-2606.28
596.178

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