my $number = 10; print "$number\n"; #### use Devel::Peek; my $number = 10; Dump($number); print "Number is $number\n"; Dump($number); #### SV = IV(0x9a5cfe0) at 0x9a41774 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 10 Number is 10 SV = PVIV(0x9a42b10) at 0x9a41774 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 10 PV = 0x9a57758 "10"\0 CUR = 2 LEN = 4