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in thread How to get array elements from reference ?

What you got back is a reference to an array. See References Quick Reference and maybe perldsc.

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Re^4: How to get array elements from reference ?
by manishrathi (Beadle) on Jun 08, 2011 at 07:00 UTC
    I want to print content of the array. I have used following code for that

    use TeamSite::WFsystem ;

    $system = new TeamSite::WFsystem() ;

    @jobs = $system->GetActiveWorkflows();

    foreach $job (@jobs){

    print "$job \n" ;

    }

    why am I still getting reference to array printed out ?

      Because it seems that ->GetActiveWorkflows returns an array reference and not an array. Simply assigning to an array does not make the function return an array.

      Since numerous people have told you already that ->GetActiveWorkflows() returns an arrayref instead of an array, here's the code that does something useful with that:
      use TeamSite::WFsystem ; $system = new TeamSite::WFsystem() ; my $ar_jobs = $system->GetActiveWorkflows(); foreach my $job (@{$ar_jobs}){ print "$job \n" ; }
      Assuming that $job will contain something printable, of course.
      @{$ar_jobs} dereferences the arrayreference, which gives you the array that $ar_jobs references to. I usually prefix my arrayref and hashref variables with ar_ and hr_ respectively, so I can easily see what kind of reference I'm dealing with. This is not required, but imo easier to spot.