This is driving me crazy.

I have a flatfile with some data that I parse for display on a webpage. I do not create the flatfile and if I can fix this on my own without dealing the client, all the better.

The data is tab-delimited and for every line but one, it is happy data
EST-NY    234    5-Oct    Springfield    MA    Springfield College    
+Townhouse Conference Room    http://www.spfldcol.edu/home.nsf/welcome
+/visit/directionsc
EST-NY    923    18-Oct    Salisbury    MD    Wor Wic Community Colleg
+e        http://www.worwic.edu/campus/directions.pdf
EST-NY    886    19-Oct    Frederick    MD    Hood College        http
+://www.hood.edu/welcome_to_hood/index.cfm?pid=_maps.htm#a1

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But I have this one line... that is SW    328    19-Oct    Houston    TX    University of Houston - Clear Lake        "http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page?_pageid=328,217631,328_217645&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTALP"
Note the "'s around the URL. This is causing me problems. I want to get rid of these stupid "'s.

My first instinct is $ddrul =~ s/\"//g; but that isn't working. I've tried searching on replacing quotes, I can find things with single quotes, but those examples don't seem to work.

This seems so obvious. Please prove me oblivious.

In reply to Replacing a pesky pair of quotes. by hmbscully

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