How to replace the string within a string

[Anonymous Monk]

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[coolmichael]

$_="I want to replace <P> in my string. I have to search for the <P> a
+nd replace it with space. Thanks";
s/<P>/ /gi;
print;

results in:

I want to replace   in my string. I have to search for the   and repla
+ce it with space. Thanks

update: You might also want to try perldoc perlre which explains regular expressions fairly well.

[MeowChow]

s/<P>/ /g