#!usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
#use diagnostics;

# let's create a character

my %higher_level_struct = (
   'Mimiru'=>{
              'hitpoints'=>10,
              'attack'   =>5,
              'armor'    =>2
          }

            );

=head1 BADREUSE

my %mimiru = (
  "name" => "Mimiru",
  "hitpoints" => 10,
  "attack" => 5,
  "armor" => 2,
);


sub score {
print "Name: ", $mimiru{"name"}, "\n";
print "Hit Points: ", $mimiru{"hitpoints"}, "\n";
print "Attack Power: ", $mimiru{"attack"}, "\n";
print "Armor Rating: ", $mimiru{"armor"}, "\n";
}

=cut

sub score {
    my $whoName = shift @_;
    my $whoRef = $higher_level_struct{$whoName}; #don't use globals li
+ke this
    print $whoRef->{'hitpoints'};
}


# later on a combat system will go here
score('Mimiru');
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