in reply to Re^3: split tosses away empty components even with positive width separators?
in thread split tosses away empty components even with positive width separators?

well, it also occurs throughout the perldoc being referenced. For "positive", try "greater than zero", or "one or more", as in "a separator having one or more characters", "x" being the separator in my case.

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