note ferreira Both exceptions, the special treatment of <c>//</c> and <c>/^/</c> by split, are documented in [doc://split]. Both may deserve to be mentioned in the tutorial quickly for the profit of the unaware. The last remark by [ysth] about the non-equivalence of <c>/^(?#)/</c> and <c>/^ /x</c> with <c>//</c> for split purposes is a subtle thing. More subtle if you compare to the fact that <c>/ /x</c>, <c>/ # /x</c> or even <c>/ (?#)/x</c> have the same treatment as <c>//</c> when passed to this function. Looks like a case to be fixed either in the docs or in the code of the Perl interpreter itself (if not barred by compatibility issues). 591988 592186