Thank you for your detailed response.

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$line =~ /^\s*names\s*=\s*{\s*([^}]+)/;
(my $names = $1) =~ y/" //d;
my @tags = split /,/ => $names;

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^ I figured that my original method could be reduced, but I couldn't seem to figure out how to go about it. This is definitely a much more elegant solution. Thank you for your reference to Quote-Like-Operators. I do have a question though about: 

(my $names = $1) =~ y/" //d;

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I have seen this construct before on PerlMonks. I did a search and found Use of parentheses around a variable, but wasn't sure how it applied to regexps. Is there a specific name for this method of assignment that I can use to better my search results?

Concepts are easily read, but I feel like I learn most by having my code reviewed by the talented and experienced monks. Thank you again for taking the time out to provide guidance in my learning.

In reply to Re^2: Regex help/ Lua parse by marquezc329
in thread Regex help/ Lua parse by marquezc329

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