#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; my $x = {name => 'x', value => 123}; my $y = $x; $y->{name} = 'y'; $y->{value} = 321; print "X: $x->{name} => $x->{value}\n"; print "Y: $y->{name} => $y->{value}\n"; =output X: y => 321 Y: y => 321