in reply to Re: Perl File Parsing - My Code Works, but it's Ugly!
in thread Perl File Parsing - My Code Works, but it's Ugly!

Another option would be something like this, though whether it's more readable might be a matter of personal preference: 

my $outfolder = join '_', 'REPORT', 'output', $year, $mon, $mday, '', 
+$hour, $min, $sec;

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