One way:
c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $phone = '(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007';
print qq{'$phone'};
;;
my %xlate = ( '(' => '', ') ' => '-' );
;;
$phone =~ s{ ([()][ ]?) }{$xlate{$1}}xmsg;
print qq{'$phone'};
"
'(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007'
'777-1234-0000 RAM:007'
Update 1: I know, I know, the next thing you're going to ask is "how do I handle any number of spaces after the closing paren?"
c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my @phones = (
'(777)1234-0000 RAM:007', '(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007',
'(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007', '(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007',
);
;;
my %xlate = ( '(' => '', ')' => '-' );
;;
for my $phone (@phones) {
printf qq{'$phone' -> };
;;
$phone =~ s{ ([()]) \s* }{$xlate{$1}}xmsg;
print qq{'$phone'};
}
"
'(777)1234-0000 RAM:007' -> '777-1234-0000 RAM:007'
'(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007' -> '777-1234-0000 RAM:007'
'(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007' -> '777-1234-0000 RAM:007'
'(777) 1234-0000 RAM:007' -> '777-1234-0000 RAM:007'
Update 2: Another version of the substitution that does not depend on a translation table and is more flexible WRT area code format:
$phone =~ s{ \( \s* (\d{3}) \s* \) \s* }{$1-}xmsg;
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