>$temp = ~s/^'$//g;
Remove the '^' and '$' anchors. what your expression is expecting to work
on is a string that consists solely of a single-quote.
Try
$temp =~ s/'//g;
Deane Rothenmaier
Systems Architect
Walgreens Corp.
847-914-5150
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr.
Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers
come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of
ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage
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