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use strict; my @baz; my $baz = [ 1, 2, 3 ]; my $bar = { baz => $baz }; my $foo = { bar => $bar }; @baz = @{ $foo->{ bar }{ baz } }; print "@baz\n"; # 1 2 3 [download]