Benchmark::cmpthese(0, { split => sub { @data = split(/\s+/, $line) }, fixed_length => sub { @data = $line =~ /^.{8} {6}(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})(.{10})$/ }, var_length => sub { @data = $line =~ /^.{8}\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$/ }, g => sub { @data = $line =~ /\S+/g; }, unpack => sub { @data = unpack 'A8x6A10A10A10A10A10A10A10A10A10A10A10A10', $line } });