my $sstr = "my string"; my $rsstr = \$sstr; print "org str '$sstr'; addr: '" . \$sstr . "'\n"; $sstr .= " + my string add"; print "rs 1 str '$sstr'; addr: '" . \$sstr . "'\n"; $$rsstr .= " + add to ref"; print "rs 2 str '$sstr'; ref: '" . $rsstr . "'; addr: '" . \$sstr . "'\n";