First things first: the line split (/"/,$line) by itself doesn't do much. split returns a list, so you should do something like

That gives you 'type=','car','make=' etc...

Not what you wanted? Thought so. In order to also strip the "="-signs, you'll want to add them to the regex in the split:

Added bonus: If you then do my %hash = (@elements);, you get a nice little hash:

%hash = { type    => 'car',
                ofmake  => 'Ford',
                color   => 'red'};
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Hope that helps,
BrotherAde