#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Data::Dumper; my @arr1 = qw{one two three}; my @arr2 = qw{four five six}; my @mainarr; push @mainarr, \@arr1, \@arr2; #print Dumper @mainarr->[1]; # <- line 12 #Using an array as a reference is deprecated at C:\perm\monk.pl line 12. #C:\perm\monk.pl syntax OK print Dumper $mainarr[1]; __DATA__ $VAR1 = [ 'four', 'five', 'six' ];