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##</code><code>##

...
sub process {

 my $arrayref = shift;

 while ( my @data = splice( @{ $arrayref }, 0, 100 ) ) {
 
   foreach my $row (@data) {

     my $name     = $row->{NAME};
     my $year     = $row->{YEAR}; 
	 
    print "$name and $address\n";

    }
   }

}


__DATA__

$VAR1 = [
          {
            'NAME' => 'LAST PAUL',
            'YEAR' => '2000',

          },
          {
            'NAME' => 'DEMARCO R',
            'YEAR' => '1960',

          },
          {
            'NAME' => 'JOE  M',
            'YEAR' => '1981',

          },
          {
            'NAME' => 'LOU MARY',
            'YEAR' => '1948',
          },
    ];