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> It will print nothing; something.withaperiod is not a bareword.  Try
> putting it in quotes
>
> $hash{'something.withaperiod'}="some text";
>

Or, more accurately, 'something' and 'withaperiod' are barewords that
are getting joined by the '.'.

You should really start using the 'use warnings;' pragma.  It and the
'use strict;' pragma will save you a lot of time.

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