c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "my @A_0; my @A_1; my @A_2; my @A_3; ;; for my $arrayref ( \(@A_0, @A_1, @A_2, @A_3) ) { $arrayref->[0] = 1234; } dd \@A_0; dd \@A_1; dd \@A_2; dd \@A_3; " [1234] [1234] [1234] [1234]