Re^3: Can't use string ("1") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use

[ssandv]

You most certainly are doing something not only awkward, but pointless. Matching in a list context returns the contents of the match variables as a list in numerical order. You should assign that to an array or list of scalars (ikegami's solution right here is a list of scalars). You gain absolutely nothing by delving into the bottomless pit of symbolic references in this case.