I confess I don't understand the context for this question (i.e. *why* one wd do this) so I may be barking up the wrong tree, but the snag I see is that the first couple of times round the loop $array[1] is undefined.

This: 
$array[0] = { val => "value number 0", one => 'undef' };
for my $i (1 .. 3) {
    $array[$i] = { val => rand(time)%3, one => \$array[0]{val} };
}

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Produces this:
# undef
# SCALAR(0x176f1c4)
#       value number 0
# SCALAR(0x176f1c4)
#       value number 0
# SCALAR(0x176f1c4)
#       value number 0

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... which seems to be a bit more like what you wanted. But I'd love to know why you wanted it!

§ George Sherston

In reply to Re: Scope when initializing with references in a loop by George_Sherston
in thread Scope when initializing with references in a loop by IraTarball

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