I have been trying to streamline some code and have run into a little problem. I can't figure out how to combine or simplify the following: (sample data: $record = " 100.100.100.100    1COMPUTER1       09/13/30828 22:48:05";) 
    
    $ipadrs = substr($record,0,17)) =~ s/ //g;
    @iparray = split(/\./,$ipadrs);

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I tried this: 
@iparray = split(/\./,(substr($record,0,17) =~ s/ //g));

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And this
@iparray = @{split(/\./,(substr($record,0,17) =~ s/ //g))};

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Not to mention a few others that were really silly. None of which worked. I've just been guessing at this and I'm not getting any closer to an answer. Perhaps there is no merit in this considering it's only two simple lines of code, but it would be nice to see how this can be done. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could lead me in the right direction.

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