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$name="MyName";$location="MyLoc";$mapRef="MyRef";$type="MyType";$description="MyDesc";
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my ( $name, $location, $mapref, $type, $description ) = @$fields;
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$fields = [ qw{name location mapref type description} ];
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### Evaluate perl record string to set $fields array reference
my $fields;
eval $_;
die if $@;