#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Dumpvalue; ###how I would normally do it. my @cells; for(my $i=0; $i<3; $i++){ push(@cells,[[],[],[]]); } ###a different approach. my @othercells; @othercells = ([[],[],[]]) x 3; ###lets check shall we? print "Content-Type:text/html\n\n"; dump_ref(\@cells); dump_ref(\@othercells); exit; ###peek under the hood. sub dump_ref { my $ref = shift; my $dumper = new Dumpvalue; print "
";
	$dumper->dumpValues($ref);
	print "
"; print "
"; } #### 0 ARRAY(0x8135f2c) 0 ARRAY(0x813fb50) 0 ARRAY(0x812bd00) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x812be2c) empty array 2 ARRAY(0x812bc1c) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x816dc88) 0 ARRAY(0x812bde4) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x813fb5c) empty array 2 ARRAY(0x813f8ec) empty array 2 ARRAY(0x816dce8) 0 ARRAY(0x8135efc) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x816dc7c) empty array 2 ARRAY(0x816dcd0) empty array 0 ARRAY(0x8135f20) 0 ARRAY(0x816dd48) 0 ARRAY(0x813fa48) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x816dcdc) empty array 2 ARRAY(0x816dd30) empty array 1 ARRAY(0x816dd48) -> REUSED_ADDRESS 2 ARRAY(0x816dd48) -> REUSED_ADDRESS