MCPM: Sorting

Stephen Walker swalker at walkertek.com
Thu Aug 29 02:04:57 CDT 2002


try this:

@items = map { $_->[1] }
        sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] || $a->[1] cmp $b->[1]  }
         map { [length($_), $_] } @items;

I think it does what your asking.

Steve

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Stephen Walker <http://www.walkertek.com>


---------- Original Message -----------
From: Andy Murren <andy at murren.org>
To: morriscounty at pm.org
Sent: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:02:23 -0400
Subject: MCPM: Sorting

> On my application I have questions numbered from 7a to 7ax.  Is there
> a way to sort so it comes out a-z then aa-ax ?  When I try to sort I
> get a,aa-az,b-z  which is not what I want.
> 
> Anyone got this figured out?
> 
> Andy
> 
> -- 
> Andy Murren
> andy at murren.org
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