Re: help with references

[tobyink]

$h{2} isn't a reference to $h{1}. $h{2} is a reference to the same array that $h{1} refers to.

I think you probably want:

for my $i ( 1 .. 2 ) {
        my @new = @a;     # copy of @a
        $h{"$i"} = \@new; # reference the copy
}

Or (more concise way of saying the same thing)...

for my $i ( 1 .. 2 ) {
        $h{"$i"} = [@a];
}

[dw_perlmonks]

tobyink, thanks for replying. But what I was expecting is different. I've updated my post with more info.