P:\test>c:\perl561\bin\perl5.6.1.exe \bin\p1.pl
perl> $bigScalar = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the laxy dog';;

perl> @lvrefs = map{ 
    \substr $bigScalar, $_->[0], $_->[1] 
} [0,3], [4,5], [10,5], [16,3], [20,5], [26,4], [31,3], [35,4], [40,3];;

perl>  print $$_ for @lvrefs;;
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog
dog