On 1/20/06, The Ghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have keys with periods in them:
>
> my %hash;
> $hash{something.withaperiod}="some text";
> my $something='something';
> my $withaperiod='withaperiod';
> print qq{$hash{"$something.$withaperiod"}\n};
>
>
> what will it print?
It will print nothing; something.withaperiod is not a bareword. Try
putting it in quotes
$hash{'something.withaperiod'}="some text";
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