Hi, I need to substitute from one string to another in perl: Here are 4 examples that handle all my use cases: 1) From: 'GNRABS 2014-186' To: 'GNRABS14-186' 2) From: 'A10 2013-1' To: 'A1013-1' 3) From: 'CGBAM 2014-HD' To: 'CGBAM14-HD' 4) From: 'FHMS K032' To: 'FHMS-K032' Description: 1) The first part (before space) is just any number of characters and I need to use it as is 2) Second part starts after space and is the year I need to strip from 4 chars to 2 (as per first 3 examples) . Or skip if it doesn’t exist like example 4 3) The third part is what is remaining (including dash like all first 3 examples), but you always need a dash even if it doesn’t exist in the original string like examples 4 Can you recommend what code I need to use for this type of conversion from one string to another

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