Nope

#!/usr/bin/perl -l

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1176478

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string = '<1,22>:<5,7>:<333,0>';
my @x = split /\D+/, $string;
print /\d/ ? $_ : 'empty string' for @x;
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prints

empty string
1
22
5
7
333
0
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