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-
-# define an array.
-@fred = ('x', 'y', 'z');
-
-# define a hash.
-%fred = (x => 'farfle', q => 'nuggy', r => 'bunko');
-
-# show the array.
-print "\@fred is: @fred\n";
-# show the first element of the array.
-print "\$fred[0] is $fred[0]\n";
-
-# show the details of the hash.
-@fredkeys = keys(%fred);
-print "\%fred keys are: @fredkeys\n";
-@fredvals = values(%fred);
-print "\%fred values are: @fredvals\n";
-# show the value for the first key we defined in the hash (although that's incidental;
-# we don't expect to access things in the hash by their order of addition or even by
-# numerical indexes at all.
-print "\$fred['x'] is $fred{'x'}\n";