title: How do I split on a regex and get my elements into an array?
body: <p>I'm using Ruby 2.4.  Is there any way I can split on a regex and get the resulting elements in an array?  I thought this was the way</p>
  
  <pre><code>2.4.0 :003 &gt; word = "4.ARTHUR"
   =&gt; "4.ARTHUR" 
  2.4.0 :004 &gt; word.split(/^\d+\./)
   =&gt; ["", "ARTHUR"]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but as you see, the first element of my array is an empty string despite the fact that the pattern matches.  I would like the output to be</p>
  
  <pre><code>["4.", "ARTHUR"]
  </code></pre>