I haven't been using perl for very long, and I'm trying to increment a string in the form of "word.word1" but when i do it, it gives me "1" For instance, if $alias contains "johnq.smith1" and I perform $alias++ then $alias becomes "1" Is it the dot that's throwing it off? How do I fix this? 
my $result = $ldap->search (
            base    => "dc=example,dc=com",
            scope   => "sub",
            filter  => "mailLocalAddress=$alias\@example.com",
            attrs   =>  $attrs
        );
        if ($result->entries || grep(/\b$alias\b/i, @aliases)) {
            if ($alias =~ /\d$/) {

                $alias++;
                print $alias;
            } elsif

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