And that, of course, brings you to OOP...which may be better or worse depending on your viewpoint :) 
 package Fruit;

 sub new {
   my $class = shift;
   my $self = {};
   my $color = shift || '';
   my $name  = shift || '';
   bless $self, $class;

   $self->color( $color );
   $self->name( $name );

   return $self;
 }

 sub color { 
  my $self = shift; 
  $self->{color} = $_[0] if $_[0]; 
  return $self->{color};
 }

 sub name {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{name} = $_[0] if $_[0];
  return $self->{name};
 }

 sub print {
   my $self = shift;
   print "I am just a ", $self->color(), " ", $self->name(), "\n";
 }

 1;

 package main;

 my $first_fruits = Fruit->new( 'green', 'apple' );
 my $second_fruits = Fruit->new( 'purple', 'plum' );
 
 my @fruit_basket = ( $first_fruits, $second_fruits );

 $second_fruits->print();

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This is a fairly basic implementation, you can get as fancy as you'd like.

In reply to Re^2: HOA with array slice? by Transient
in thread HOA with array slice? by tphyahoo

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