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the code below gives the count i need, but i'm having trouble printing the count where i need it, which is in the third position. i've tried splice and other things, but i have to do that before the last statement, so i get a wrong count. 
my $accounts_by_id = {};
for (@accounts) {
   my($id, $rest) = split /,/, $_, 2;
    $accounts_by_id->{$id}->{info} = $rest;
}
for (@purchases) {
    my($id, $rest) = split /,/, $_, 2;
    push @{$accounts_by_id->{$id}->{purchases}}, $rest;
}
for (@accounts) {
    my($id, $rest) = split /,/, $_, 2;
    {
        my @five = splice
               @{$accounts_by_id->{$id}->{purchases}}, 0, 5;
        last unless @five;

#I NEED TO COUNT AND PRINT THE NUMBER OF ITEMS IN @FIVE HERE BUT I HAV
+EN'T INCREMENTED THE COUNTER YET
print "$id,$accounts_by_id->{$id}->{info},",
             join(',', @five), "\n";
$count =0;
foreach $id(@five){
$count ++;
}
#THIS GIVES ME THE RIGHT COUNT
print "count is: $count endcount";
print "<br>";
        redo if @five == 5;
    }
}

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In reply to adding a count before the limit? by malaga

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