my @officialannotation = [];
my @prodigalannotation = [];

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  %findgene = ( "start" => $offcordinates[1], "stop" => $offcordinates[0] );

 $hash_ref = \%findgene;

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 $hash_ref = { "start" => $offcordinates[1], "stop" => $offcordinates[0] };

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 @officialannotation = [];
push @officialannotation, $hash_ref;

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 @officialannotation = ( [], $hash_ref );

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 for  $hash_ref ( @$officialannotation ) {
   while (my $start, $stop) =  each %$hash_ref ) {
     for $hash_ref2 ( @$prodigalannotation) {
       while (my $start1, $stop2) = each %$hash_ref2 ) {