my @comps; $comps[10] = "foo bar"; my $foo = \$comps[0]; my $bar = \$comps[5]; my $baz = \$comps[10]; print "$foo $bar $baz\n"; __END__ UNKNOWN(0x813e940) UNKNOWN(0x813eac8) SCALAR(0x80c84b4) Attempt to free unreferenced scalar. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar. Segmentation fault (core dumped) #### local $_ = "0A72656B636148206C72655020726568746F6E41207473754A"; while(s/..$//) { print chr(hex($&)) }