package main; use strict; use warnings; my $var = 100; my $ref_to_lexical = \$var; our $var = 200; my $ref_to_global = \$var; print $var, "\n"; # This prints 200. The lexical is masked. print $$ref_to_global, "\n"; # This prints 200. print $$ref_to_lexical, "\n" # This prints 100, it refers to # the lexical $var.