#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; system('clear'); my $test = first(); two($test); sub first{ my @data; my %objREF; $data[2] = 'hi there'; $objREF{poker} = \$data[2]; } sub two{ my $objREF = shift; #print "$objREF{'poker'}"; #print "$$objREF{'poker'}"; #print "$objREF->{'poker'}"; #print "$$objREF->{'poker'}"; #print "$$$objREF{'poker'}"; #print "$$$$objREF{'poker'}"; #print "${$objREF{'poker'}}\n"; print "$${$objREF->{'poker'}}\n"; }