use strict;
use warnings;

### Array of lines
my @arr1 = (q|this is the first line|,
            q|this is the second line|);

print "$arr1[0]\n"; # this is the first line

### Array of all words
my @arr2 = (qw|this is the first line|,
            qw|this is the second line|);

print "$arr2[0]\n"; # this
print "@arr2\n"; # this is the first line this is the second line

### Nested array of words in each line
my @arr3 = ([qw|this is the first line|],
            [qw|this is the second line|]);

print "$arr3[0][0]\n"; # this
print "@{$arr3[0]}\n"; # this is the first line

### Reference to array of lines
my $arr1 = [q|this is the first line|,
            q|this is the second line|];

print "$arr1->[0]\n"; # this is the first line

### Reference to array of all words
my $arr2 = [qw|this is the first line|,
            qw|this is the second line|];

print "$arr2->[0]\n"; # this
print "@$arr2\n"; # this is the first line this is the second line

### Reference to nested array of words in each line
my $arr3 = [[qw|this is the first line|],
            [qw|this is the second line|]];

print "$arr3->[0][0]\n"; # this
print "@{$arr3->[0]}\n"; # this is the first line

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