my $val = "foo"; my $valref = \$val; my @valarray = ("foo"); my %valhash = ( somekey => 'foo' ); my %otherhash = ( foo => 'dummy_value' ); allvars($val); allvars($$valref); allvars($valarray[0]); allvars(@valarray); allvars("foo"); allvars(join '', map { chr } (102,111,111)); allvars($valhash{somekey}); allvars(keys %otherhash);