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$ perl -e '@a = split /<\/?xyz>/, q(<xyz>a</xyz><xyz>a3</xyz><xyz>a2</ +xyz><xyz>a1</xyz>); print qq/@a\n/' a a3 a2 a1
$ perl -MData::Dumper -e '@a = split /\<\/?xyz\>/, q(<xyz>a</xyz><xyz> +a3</xyz><xyz>a2</xyz><xyz>a1</xyz>); print Dumper \@a' $VAR1 = [ ... '', 'a1' ];