my $aref = [ 1 .. 5 ]; say $aref->[0]; # or ${$aref}[1] say @{$aref}[3,1,2]; my $href = { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 }; say $href->{a}; # or ${$href}{a} say @{$href}{qw{b c}}; say %{$href}{qw{a c}};