#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; ## first sample print "---- 1. global \@array ----\n"; my(@aoa, @array); for my $i (0..5) { @array = map { "#" x $_ } (0 .. $i); $aoa[$i] = \@array; print "$aoa[$i]\n"; # same memory address } print "@$_\n" for @aoa; ## second sample print "\n---- 2. lexical \@array ----\n"; my(@AoA); for my $i (0..5) { my @array = map { "#" x $_ } (0 .. $i); $AoA[$i] = \@array; print $AoA[$i], "\n"; # different memory address } print "@$_\n" for @AoA; ## third sample print "\n---- 3. anonymous array reference ----\n"; for my $i (0..5) { my @array = $AoA[$i] = [ map { "#" x $_ } (0 .. $i) ]; print $AoA[$i], "\n"; # different memory address } print "@$_\n" for @AoA;