array ref isn't an aray ref when dereferencing?

[1DMF]

Hi,

I have an Object variable referencing an array

    $self->{SUBS} = \@top10;

if I then print the value with

print $self->{SUBS};

i get

ARRAY(0x2b0e53c)

which tells me it is an array reference.

However if I then try to dereference the array with

print "Array Count = " . @$self->{SUBS};

I get

Not an ARRAY reference

I'm confused! What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,
1DMF

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[1DMF]

OK, worked it out.

I needed the extra curly brace dereferencing syntax

print "Array Count = " . @[COLOR=red]{[/color]$self->{SUBS}[COLOR=red]}[/color];

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