note frozenwithjoy Why not use [doc://split]? <c> $ perl -E '$string = "0.740234|0.758789|0.748047|0.749023|0.748047|0.754883|0.743164|0.748047|0.780273|0.739258|0.765625|0.761719|0.760742|||||0.75293|0.742188"; say $_ for (split /\|/, $string); ' 0.740234 0.758789 0.748047 0.749023 0.748047 0.754883 0.743164 0.748047 0.780273 0.739258 0.765625 0.761719 0.760742 0.75293 0.742188 </c> <p>NOTE: Keep in mind that when matching <c>|</c> in split (or another regex situation), you need to escape it: <c>\|</c> 1005032 1005032