Chapter 6. References and complex data structures

Table of Contents
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Assumed knowledge
Introduction to references
Uses for references
Creating and dereferencing references
Passing multiple arrays/hashes as arguments
Complex data structures
Anonymous data structures
Exercises
Section summary

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In this section, we look at Perl's powerful reference syntax and how it can be used to implement complex data structures such as multi-dimensional lists, hashes of hashes, and more.