my $kind = 'alph';
my $prop = 'single';

my $slice = {
    kind    => $kind,
    prop    => $prop,
    item    => 5..11,
};

##</code><code>##

my @item_2 = ($slice -> {item});
my $num = scalar @item_2;
map {print "num is $num the $_\n";} @item_2;