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Does Perl have reference type?

Q

Does Perl have reference type

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A

Yes. Perl can make a scalar or hash type reference by using backslash operator. For example: 

$str = "here we go"; # a scalar variable
$strref = \$str; # a reference to a scalar

@array = (1..10); # an array
$arrayref = \@array; # a reference to an array

Note that the reference itself is a scalar.

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