Re: Is this expected behavior for chomp/split...?!

[johngg]

Because without a third argument split will discard empty trailing fields which, as soon as you chomp away the newline, you have four of.

I hope this is helpful.

[Krambambuli]

Got it. _Now_ it seems sooo obvious :)

Many thanks!

[ikegami]

split(/pat/, $s, -1) is the same as split(/pat/, $s) except trailing fields aren't discarded.

[Krambambuli]

Ah, great! Thanks, that's something I didn't actually realize as such from the manpage.

[bichonfrise74]

This is a good and concise answer.