#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

$_ = "{Just} another, Perl*hacker.";
my @rray = split /[{},*]/, $_;
print Dumper( \@rray);

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = [
          '',
          'Just',
          ' another',
          ' Perl',
          'hacker.'
        ];