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References, Pointers

#Perl references are also called pointers.  #A pointer is a scalar variable that contains the address of another variable.  #To create a pointer, the backslash operator is used. # Create variables $age = 25; @siblings = qw("A", "B", "C","D"); %home = ("owner" => "A",          "price" => "B",          "style" => "C", ); # Create pointer $pointer1 = \$age;        $pointer2 = \@siblings;   $pointer3 = \%home;  $pointer4 = [ qw(red yellow blue green) ]; # Create anonymous array $pointer5 = { "A" => "a", "B" => "b", "C" => "c" };                                            # Create anonymous hash