my @ar = map { chomp; $_ } ; print +(split /,/, $ar[ grep { /^(\d+)/ and $1 < 1006 } @ar ])[1], $/; __DATA__ 1001,choochoo 1002,candycane 1003,sockpuppet 1004,choochoo 1005,candycane 1006,sockpuppet6 1007,foo 1008,bar