push( @docs, \@doc );

You need push( @docs, [ @doc ] );. The reason is that if you use a backslash, you are taking a reference to the same variable, which contains differents things each time but the reference "points to" the same location in memory. Using square brackets, you create a new reference each time. That's the difference.

Update: To make things clearer, look at this program and its output:

use Data::Dumper;
my (@c, @d);

foreach (1..3) {
  @c[0..4] = (rand) x 2;
  push @d, \@c;
}
print Dumper \@d;

@d=();  ## reset @d
foreach (1..3) {
  @c[0..4] = (rand) x 2;
  push @d, [@c];
}
print Dumper \@d;
__END__
$VAR1 = [
          [
            '0.566846394018409',
            '0.566846394018409'
          ],
          $VAR1->[0],
          $VAR1->[0]
        ];
$VAR1 = [
          [
            '0.872105763616624',
            '0.872105763616624'
          ],
          [
            '0.0550789852978433',
            '0.0550789852978433'
          ],
          [
            '0.130973801235072',
            '0.130973801235072'
          ]
        ];

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The first time, @d is populated with references to the same information (Data::Dumper shows $VAR1->[0] instead of repeating it). The second example shows different numbers because [ ] create different references each time.

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David Serrano

In reply to Re: Reference Question by Hue-Bond
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