my $aVars= [ ["\$a", "Tarina Babarista, pienest{ elefantista"], ["\$s", "(26'34); orkestroitu"], ["\$d", "Poulenc, Francis"], ["\$g", "Brunhoff, Jean de "], ["\$h", "P|ysti, Lasse"], ["\$j", "Fran*8aix, Jean"], ]; my $fldref= [ 500, 0, 0, $aVars ]; #### foreach my $tmp (@{$fldref->[3]}) { print "$tmp: <@$tmp>\n"; } #outputs ARRAY(0x814ec28) <$a Tarina Babarista, pienest{ elefantista> ARRAY(0x81e652c) <$s (26'34); orkestroitu> ARRAY(0x81e64fc) <$d Poulenc, Francis> ARRAY(0x81e5a4c) <$g Brunhoff, Jean de > ARRAY(0x81f236c) <$h P|ysti, Lasse> ARRAY(0x81f239c) <$j Fran*8aix, Jean>