use strict;
my $pattern = "A29 A*";

my (@lefthand,@righthand);

while ( <DATA> ) {
  chomp;
  my ($lhs,$rhs) = unpack ($pattern,$_);
  push (@lefthand,$lhs);
  push (@righthand,$rhs);
}

print "\nLEFTHAND STUFF:\n";
print join "\n", @lefthand;
print "\nRIGHTHAND STUFF:\n";
print join "\n", @righthand;

__DATA__
LHC                          RHC
By deleting the initial      You have removed the
whitespace you are going     whitespace that was
to move what was in the      in front of the left
right hand column all        hand column. This
the way to the left.         approach might be better
                             than what you were trying.
This is because              If nothing else it is a new
                             direction.

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In reply to Re: making a single column out of a two-column text file by Enlil
in thread making a single column out of a two-column text file by allolex

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