local mylist = {} local line = "+12345678901,08:00:00,12:00:00,1111100,35703,test.domain.net" local id, start, finish, dow, int, domain = line:match("(%+%d+),([%d:]*),([%d:]*),(%d*),(%d*),(.*)") mylist[#mylist + 1] = { id = id, start = start, finish = finish, dow = dow, int = int, domain = domain} print(mylist[#mylist]['start'])