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## increment the sequencer.
$HoA{sequence} = 0 unless exists $HoA{sequence};
...
print ("HoA test $i: " . $HoA{test}[2] ."\n" );
print ("HoA test $i: @{ $HoA{test} } \n" ); # returns list
print ("HoA test $i: " . @{ $HoA{test} } ."\n" ); # returns count