How to dereference

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Can anyone please help me to get the value from the below code?

$VAR1 = [
          \'As on Apr 09, 2010 13:00:08 hours'
        ];
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Thanks

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Re: How to dereference by planetscape (Chancellor) on Apr 12, 2010 at 15:31 UTC
Please see our excellent Tutorials, esp. References. HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re: How to dereference by Anonymous Monk on Apr 12, 2010 at 14:02 UTC
References quick reference `my $scalarRef = $VAR1->[0]; print $$scalarRef; print ${ $VAR1->[0] };` [download]	[reply] [d/l]