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in reply to array of hashes

@a = ( {a => "ford", b => "red", c => "dog"}, {a => "honda", b => "blue", c => "cat"}, {a => "dodge", b => "orange", c => "spider"} ); say "$a[0]{a}, $a[1]{a}"

Other than that, shortening it doesn't achieve much. Unless, of course, there is more to this question than you are revealing.

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