note Anique <p> I get the funny feeling your 'first column' is just a string like this "(a, b, c, d)" (but I might be wrong, as I am new at this) If that is the case, removing the parentheses and then splitting on the comma will fix your issue:</p> <p><code> my $set = $res[0]; #I use a lot of 'extra' variables to tell me what everything is $set =~ s/[\(\)]//g; #remove all parentheses my @values = split(',', $set); #now every value should have its own spot in the array </code></p> <p> I hope this solves your problem.</p> <p>Please ignore me if this is a stupid answer...</p> 996936 996952