#/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $obj = { foo=> [0..4], bar=>"wouldn't it be nice?", baz=>[ qw(if we were older) ], bletch=>"Then we wouldn't have to ... ummm, something something"}; print Data::Dumper->Dump( [ $obj ]); #### perl -e 'print "How sweet does a rose smell? "; chomp ($n = ); $rose = "smells sweet to degree $n"; *other_name = *rose; print "$other_name\n"'