Name
ref
Synopsis
ref $var
Returns a string indicating the type of the object
referenced if var is a reference;
returns the null string otherwise. Built-in types include:
REF SCALAR ARRAY HASH CODE GLOB
If the referenced object has been blessed into a package,
that package name is returned instead. You can think of ref as a “typeof” operator.
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