# Get two variables back, by reference my ($one_ref, $two_ref) = get_two_arrays(); my @one = @$one_ref; my @two = @$two_ref; print "First: @one\n"; print "Second: @two\n"; sub get_two_arrays() { my @array1 = ("a", "b", "c", "d"); my @array2 = (1, 2, 3, 4); return (\@array1, \@array2); }