I agree with the tr/// instead of the s///.

But, the creation of temp variables shouldn't be an issue. But, if you're that concerned with the creation of temporary variables, just undef the variables after you're done. You could even combine the variables as such: 

{
    my @temp_variables;
    push @temp_variables, split ' ', $stamp;
    push @temp_variables, split '/', $temp_variable[1];
    $temp_variables[2] =~ tr/://d;
    $stamp = join '_', @temp_variables[3,4,2];
    undef @temp_variables;
}

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: How do I use regex to strip out specific characters in a string? by dragonchild
in thread How do I use regex to strip out specific characters in a string? by Anonymous Monk

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