The arrayref for @foo
is \@foo
. This is handy if you need to pass an array and other things to a subroutine. Passing @foo
is like passing multiple scalars. But passing \@foo
is a single scalar. Inside the subroutine:
xyz(\@foo, 123);
...
sub xyz {
my ($arr, $etc) = @_;
print $arr->[0]; # using the first item in $arr. It is like $foo[0]