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⟩ Assume that $ref refers to a scalar, an array, a hash or to some nested data structure. Explain the following statements

$$ref; # returns a scalar

$$ref[0]; # returns the first element of that array

$ref- > [0]; # returns the first element of that array

@$ref; # returns the contents of that array, or number of elements, in scalar context

$&$ref; # returns the last index in that array

$ref- > [0][5]; # returns the sixth element in the first row

@{$ref- > {key}} # returns the contents of the array that is the value of the key "key"

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