{
    "items" : [
        {   "name" : "Theodor Nelson",
            "id": "_333301"
        },
        {   "name": "Morton Heilig",
            "id": "_13204"
         }
        ]
}

##</code><code>##

$inventors_obj = jsonToObj($inventors_json[0]);

#I want to iterate through my list of inventors
@inventors_array = $inventors_obj->{"items"};

##</code><code>##

#print name doesn't work, because the entire object is #stored at $inventors_array[0].
print $inventors_array[0]->{"name"}
#So this doesn't work:
print $inventors_array[1]->{"name"}
#I am not sure if this is possible to even alter data #generically with objects, even though I thought they were
#really just arrays of hashes:
$inventors_array[1]->{"name"} = "New Name";
#But I can do with an array of hashes...
$inventors_array[1]{"name"} = "New Name";