Note that split passes through the original string if the split pattern never matches. This condition should probably be checked if not wanted. 

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $orf = 'AAAAXXAAAAAXXAAAAAXPXAAA';
 my @digested0 = split /(?<=[KR](?!P))/, $orf;
 print for @digested0;
"
AAAAXXAAAAAXXAAAAAXPXAAA

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Here's an  m// solution without this drawback: 

>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $a = 'AAAAXRXAAAAAXKXAAAAAXRPXAAA';
 my $cut = qr{ [KR] (?!P) }xms;
 my $digest = qr{ .*? $cut | (?<= $cut) .* \z }xms;
 my @digested = $a =~ m{ $digest }xmsg;
 print qq{'$_'} for @digested;
 $a = 'AAAXXXPPPAAAXXXAAAPPPAAA';
 @digested = $a =~ m{ $digest }xmsg;
 print '@digested empty' unless @digested;
"
'AAAAXR'
'XAAAAAXK'
'XAAAAAXRPXAAA'
@digested empty

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In reply to Re: Splitting string (regex) while keeping the separator? by AnomalousMonk
in thread Splitting string (regex) while keeping the separator? by Cantello

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