#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $variable = 9; my $reference1 = \$variable; print( "$variable, $reference1, $$reference1\n" ); my $reference2 = \$reference1; print( "$variable, $reference1, $$reference1, $reference2, ", "$$reference2, $$$reference2\n" ); my $reference3 = \\\\$variable; print( "$reference3, $$reference3, $$$reference3,\n", " $$$$reference3, $$$$$reference3\n" );