my @queue; $queue[0] = \[1,2,3,4]; print "$queue[0]\n"; print "${$queue[0]}}\n"; print "@{${$queue[0]}}\n"; my $ref = ${$queue[0]}; print "$ref->[1]\n"; #### REF(0x3a09c) ARRAY(0x3a1bc)} 1 2 3 4 2