{ 
'name' -> orange,
 'fruit' -> yes,
 'vegetable' -> no,
 'count' -> 50
},
{ 
'name' -> squash,
 'fruit' -> no,
 'vegetable' -> yes,
 'count' -> 10
}, etc..
##</code><code>##

 
{'name' -> orange,
 'fruit' -> yes,
 'vegetable' -> no,
 'count' -> 50
 'id' ->123

},
{ 
'name' -> squash,
 'fruit' -> no,
 'vegetable' -> yes,
 'count' -> 10
'id' -> 222
}, etc..
##</code><code>##

 for ( my $i =0; $i <=$#array1; $i ++)  {
foreach my $key (sort keys %{$array2[$i]}){
if ($array1[$i]{$key} ne  $$array2[$i]{$key}) {
print "changes";
}
}
}