I have written a subroutine that parses a file and stores the data into a hash of arrays, but when I put 'use strict' in the file, it barfs. Here is the subroutine: 
sub readVECFile($)
{
my ($filename, @fileData, $line, $vectorRef, $time, $data);
local *VECTOR;

# Get the filename.
$filename = shift(@_);

# Create a new hash.
$vectorRef = { 'time' => \(), 'data' => \() };

# Open the vector file.
open(VECTOR, $filename) or die("Unable to open '$filename' for reading
+!\n");

# Read in the raw file data.
@fileData = <VECTOR>;
chomp @fileData;

# Parse the time and data values out of each line, creating two arrays
+.
foreach $line (@fileData)
{
my ($t, $d);
($t, $d) = split(/\t/, $line);
push(@{$vectorRef->{time}}, $t);
push(@{$vectorRef->{data}}, $d);
}
# Close the file.
close(VECTOR);

return $vectorRef;
}

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When I try to run the script, I get the following errors:

Can't use string ("data") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use

The lines it is referencing are the 'push' lines in the foreach loop. What is going on and how do I do this while using 'strict'?

In reply to Problems with array references and 'use strict' by uberbiskit

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