Question

For example,

my @array = @{$element->{$key}{'test'}}};

print @array;  # It shows an array reference

use Data::Dumper;

print Dumper @array;

# It prints $VAR1 =  [  '1'
                         2'
                     ]

How do I access these values and how do I deference the array?

Answer 1

Try:

print $array[0]->[0];
print $array[0]->[1];

It looks like @array is ending up as an array that holds just one element; that one element is a reference to an array holding 1 & 2.