johngg@shiraz ~ $ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -MData::Dumper -E ' my @atts = qw{ att1 att2 att3 }; say Dumper( @atts ); say Dumper( \ @atts ); say Data::Dumper->Dump( [ \ @atts ], [ qw{ *atts } ] ); say Data::Dumper->Dumpxs( [ \ @atts ], [ qw{ *atts } ] );' $VAR1 = 'att1'; $VAR2 = 'att2'; $VAR3 = 'att3'; $VAR1 = [ 'att1', 'att2', 'att3' ]; @atts = ( 'att1', 'att2', 'att3' ); @atts = ( 'att1', 'att2', 'att3' );