Hey toolic, thanks for the reply.

Ok I was afraid of that... Thanks

Is there an easier way (less lines) that I could use with my version like my previous example (i.e. $str = $str2 =~ s/pattern/replace/r; ).

The only way I can think to do this without changing the original string is:

my $str1 = "How-Are-You-Doing"

my $str2 = $str1
$str2 =~ s/-/ /;

print $str2;

____OUTPUT____
Hello How Are You Doing
[download]

Thanks,
Matt