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 } }); #### Rate g unpack split var_length fixed_length g 16954/s -- -54% -70% -76% -96% unpack 36961/s 118% -- -35% -47% -91% split 56965/s 236% 54% -- -19% -86% var_length 70373/s 315% 90% 24% -- -83% fixed_length 408377/s 2309% 1005% 617% 480% --