in reply to strip out of single quotes

This strips all single quotes: 

$str =~ s/'//g;

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According to what you posted ("there's nothing to strip out when '+additional time' doesn't exist"), this should do the trick.

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Re^2: strip out of single quotes
by jwkrahn (Abbot) on Sep 16, 2025 at 16:19 UTC

    Or: 

    $str =~ tr/'//d;

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    Naked blocks are fun! -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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      Indeed. And tr/'//d is faster than s/'//g.

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