$self->{the_hash} = { 'hash_key' => 'hash_value' }; $self->{the_scalar} = 'This scalar contains a very long value with some special chars: @,$,\\,",\'.'; $self->{the_object} = bless( { 'myobjvar' => 'myobjvarval' }, 'PersTest' ); $self->{the_array} = [ undef, 'array_value' ];