# Declare a hash named fruits.  A hash contains
# { key,value } pairs where the key fields are unique.
my %fruits;

# Get each element in the @fruits array and assign it to
#the { key } portion of the hash.  Also, increment the 
#{ value } part of the hash (the value starts with 0).
#This will count the number of times the { key } appears in
#the array
$fruits{$_}++ for ( @fruits );

#Declare variables for { key, value }
my ( $fruit, $count );

#Get each { key, value } pair and assign them to
#{ fruit, count }
for ( $fruit, $count ) ( each %fruits ) {
    #Print out the number of times the fruit existed.
    print "$fruit => $count\n";
}

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