Read the article, but it didn't seem to quell the question. Why is it matching twice, and more particularly, how did it match twice at the end of the string when there isn't a newline at the end of the string. And why does a '^' work (see next node) but not the '$'?

UPDATE
Nope, it isn't a dot star issue. If anything, it is a '*' issue, but what is the issue? 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

$_ = "The quick\n\nbrown fox\njumped.";

print "-------------\n";
foreach (/([^\n]*)/gm){
  print "[$_]\n";
}

print "-------------\n";

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Gave the following: 
-------------
[The quick]
[]
[]
[brown fox]
[]
[jumped.]
[]
-------------

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Same old problem ... new clothes.

In reply to Re: Re: Bother (Re: Re: Split and empty strings) by Rhandom
in thread Split and empty strings by andye

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