sub handlefix {
    my @return;
    for(@_){
        my $val = $_; #decouple the value from the argument variable
        chomp($val);
        $val =~ s/"//g;
        $val =~ s/\//\\/g;
    }
    return @return;
}
($infile,$outfile) = handlefix($infile,$outfile); #more obvious what is happening