for (@client_values) { chomp; s/(?=")/"/g; s/^/"/; s/$/"/; } #### for (@client_values) { s/(?=")/"/g; s/^/"/; s/\n$/"/; } #### for ($client_name, $client_phone_number, $client_email_address) { s/(?=")/"/g; # Escape quote characters... s/^/"/; s/\n$/"/; # chomp and append quote character simultaneously... } my $client_record = join ',', $client_name, $client_phone_number, $client_email_address; print "$client_record\n"; #### s/(?=")/"/g; #### s/"/""/g;