TIMTOWTDI - why not use split ... 
$ 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

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Update:

Ahhh, maybe I see one reason, using Data::Dumper to print the output gives: 

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

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Question, for me at least is: why doesn't split swallow the sub-strings on which the string is split ? I'm obviously missing something, but can't see it - any enlightenment appreciated.

TIA

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

In reply to Re: RegEx Doubt by Bloodnok
in thread RegEx Doubt by mecrazycoder

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