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perl_virgin has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am parsing email+subject links from a webpage.
I wanted to know if there is a function which removes the special characters from the subject. As in this example:
jack@abc.com?subject=3%2B%20Year%20CNN%20BBBC%20AAA%20for%20Huge%20Tam +pa%20SHOE%20Table.%20Co.!!
I want to convert the special characters "%20" etc.. in this string into regular text.