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Cagliostro

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Hi, I have some variable $x. How can I see if it is an ARRAY, a scalar or a HASH?

I'm getting in a function an array of arrays, hashes and scalar variables, and I'd like to iterate recursively, but I can't know what does each iteration represent.

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