in reply to split but not consumed

`perldoc -f split'
... If the PATTERN contains parentheses, additional list elements are created from each matching substring in the delimiter. 
    split(/([,-])/, "1-10,20", 3);

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produces the list value 
    (1, '-', 10, ',', 20)

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