[Chapter 3] 3.2.172 tied
Author: Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz
Date: 1999-07-02T01:55:35Z

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| Chapter 3 Functions |

### 3.2.172 tied

    tied VARIABLE

This function returns a reference to the object underlying `VARIABLE` (the same value that was originally returned by the tie call which bound the variable to a package.) It returns the undefined value if `VARIABLE` isn't tied to a package. So, for example, you can use:

    ref tied %hash

to find out which package your hash is currently tied to. (Presuming you've forgotten.)

3.2.171 tie |  | 3.2.173 time