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in reply to Re^2: hash of hashes
in thread hash of hashes

$hash{$d}{$i}=$line[$i];

At this point in the code,  $d is a fruit,  $i is an index (a number), and  $line[$i] is a color (AFAIU your code). Why would you want to associate a number with a fruit and a color with a number (perhaps better expressed as) a fruit with a number and a number with a color? Please take a look at Re^3: hash of hashes.

Also, try using Data::Dumper or Data::Dump (my favorite) for looking at data structures — much more convenient.

And again, please take a look at perldsc.