in reply to Perl array reference error

That means $self->{'netstat_array'} is sometimes undefined, which means it doesn't contains a reference to an array.

If it's suppose to be undefined at times, then maybe you're looking for

$self->{'netstat_array'} ||= []; return scalar @{ $self->{'netstat_array'} }, $self->{'netstat_array'};

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Re^2: Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference
by user786 (Sexton) on Aug 05, 2014 at 21:28 UTC
    thanks,it works