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diff --git a/pod/perlref.pod b/pod/perlref.pod index afc1671fdf..65abf22ccb 100644 --- a/pod/perlref.pod +++ b/pod/perlref.pod @@ -455,6 +455,12 @@ chicanery is also useful for arbitrary expressions: print "That yields @{[$n + 5]} widgets\n"; +Similarly, an expression that returns a reference to a scalar can be +dereferenced via C<${...}>. Thus, the above expression may be written +as: + + print "That yields ${\($n + 5)} widgets\n"; + =head2 Symbolic references X<reference, symbolic> X<reference, soft> X<symbolic reference> X<soft reference> |