Thanks to everyone for their helpful responses.
Actually, I was trying to keep my post brief, but I ended up leaving out too much information and still getting helpful information, but not the exact information I was seeking.

Ok, here's the story:
I'm parsing a config file and I'm running into a parameter that has a value like $$NETOBJ.parameter. I want to remove the $$NETOBJ. part and be left with parameter. The code I submitted earlier was a little test that I had put together, but I mistyped it. Here is my test program as I was using it:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

$a = "$$NETOBJ.parameter";

$a =~ s/\$\$NETOBJ\.//;

print $a;

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Earlier, I typed use strict; out of habit. I usually use it, but left it out for this small example.
What the code above gives me is .parameter. My question is: Why doesn't my regexp remove the dot? I don't need to know how to create the value because I'm already reading it from the config file. I need to know how to remove the dot.

Sorry again for not being more specific. Thank you all for your feedback.

Tii

In reply to RE: Re: Need help with s/// by Tii
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