my $variable = 22; my $pointer = \$variable; say "The address of \$variable, which contains the value $variable,"; say "is $pointer"; $$pointer = 25; say "Look at that! \$variable now equals $variable"; my $double_pointer = \$pointer; $$$double_pointer = 50; say "Look at that! \$variable now equals $variable"; #### The address of $variable, which contains the value 22, is SCALAR(0x801e64540) Look at that! $variable now equals 25 $double_pointer = REF(0x801e644b0) Look at that! $variable now equals 50