my $collection_times = "Mo-Fr 10:00; Sa 10:00; Su 11:00;"; CreateCollectionTimeTable(); sub CreateCollectionTimeTable { my(@days) = split( /;/, $collection_times ); foreach $day (@days){ $_ = $day; s/^\s+//; # fuehrende Leerzeichen entfernen s/\s+$//; # nachfolgende Leerzeichen entfernen my($dayname,$daytime) = split( / /, $_ ); print "|".$dayname."| - |".$daytime."|\n"; } }