Perl 5 Reference Assignments : Reference « Data Type « Perl






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Perl 5 Reference Assignments

   

Data Type            Operator                 Example
Scalar               \$var                    $car = \$Porsche;

Array                \@array                  $allStores[$number] = \@storeInventory;

Hash                 \%hash                   $storeType = \%stores;

File handle          \*FILEHANDLE             $inputReference = \*STDIN;

Constant             \literal                 $pi = \3.4;

Subroutine           \&subRoutine             $callBack = \&numericSort;

Symbolic             \$variableName           $var ="var2"; $var2Ref = \$var;








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