Thurs,July,5,2012,123,456,789 Thurs,July,5,2012,123,456,789,Fri,July,6,2012 #### my $line; my ($dow,$mon,$day,$year,$num1,$num2,$num3,$dow2,$mon2,$day2,$year2) = ""; foreach $line (@array){ ($dow,$mon,$day,$year,$num1,$num2,$num3,$dow2,$mon2,$day2,$year2) = split /[,]/, $line; print "$dow2\n";