c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le "print qq{perl version $]}; ;; my @ra = qw(a b c d); my $ar = \@ra; print ${ ra }[2]; print ${ @ ra }[2]; print ${ $ ar }[2]; print ${ @ $ar }[2]; print ${ @ { $ ar } }[2]; ;; my %h = qw(a aye b bee c see); my $hr = \%h; print ${ h }{b}; print ${ % h }{b}; print ${ $ hr }{b}; print ${ % $hr }{b}; print ${ % { $ hr } }{b}; " perl version 5.008009 c c c c c bee bee bee bee bee