sub clean_list { my $type_of_arg=ref(@{ $_[0] }); print "Type of argument passed is: $type_of_arg\n"; } open(IN, '<', 'ex5.acc') or die "Could not read file\n"; my @initial_array = ; close IN; clean_list(@initial_array); clean_list(\@initial_array); #### Can't use string ("L13923") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at Lesson10.pl line 32.