>perl -wMstrict -le "my @records = ( '2011 Chevy Camaro', '2011 Dodge Ram Crew Cab Short Bed', '2011 Ford F150 Platinum', '2011 GMC Cargo Van Extended', ); ;; for my $record (@records) { my ($year, $make, $model, $extended_model) = split ' ', $record, 4; $extended_model //= ''; print qq{'$year' '$make' '$model' '$extended_model'}; } " '2011' 'Chevy' 'Camaro' '' '2011' 'Dodge' 'Ram' 'Crew Cab Short Bed' '2011' 'Ford' 'F150' 'Platinum' '2011' 'GMC' 'Cargo' 'Van Extended'