To get rid of a character from a string, use tr/"//d (you need to add the d on the end for tr to delete)... this is also really handy for a range of characters, e.g. tr/"'//d;. Of course you have to bind the tr operator to the string you want stripped as in $string =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;

HTH

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