Dear Fellow Monks,

I want to create a class that uses a complex data structure, but I am having trouble understanding how I am to access this class data... I want one of my hash keys to point to an array of arrays...

For Example:

package foo;
 sub new 
 {
  my ($class) = @_;
  bless { some_scalar        => "blah",
          another_scalar     => "blah",
          some_array         => [],
          an_array_of_arrays => *?? don't know ??*,
         },$class;
 }

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How do I declare (and use) a structure like this? I tried something like: 

my ($class) = @_;
my @array1 = (1,2,3);
my @array2 = (4,5,6);
my $ref_to_array_1 = \@array1;
my $ref_to_array_2 = \@array2;

#and then:

bless {an_array_of_arrays => $ref_to_array1[$ref_to_array2],
       some_scalar        => "foo-bar",
       },$class;

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But this is really crazy, it doesn't work, and I think it is an improper use of references! Anyway monks, I can't figure out how to go about this, any tips or pointers (no pun intended) would really help...

In reply to Complex Data Structures in Object Creation by Anonymous Monk

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