On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 03:17:39PM +0100, Richard Adams wrote: > Hello, > I've got an array of arrays, and want to sort by the 3rd element of the > subarray. I then want to print out the sorted array, showing the index and > values. E.g.,
Hmm, works for me with the exception of... > I've tried > @sorted = {$a ->[2] <=> $b ->[2]} @AoA but this gives a "cannot there's a 'sort' missing before the block: ---------- mostly your code ---------- #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @AoA = ( [23.56, 65.2, 12.4], [13, 56, 87], [45,876, 23], ); my @sorted = sort {$a->[2] <=> $b->[2]} @AoA; print "$_->[2]\n" foreach reverse @sorted; ---------- mostly your code ---------- gives me: ---------- snip ---------- nijushiho:/tmp$ perl x.pl 87 23 12.4 nijushiho:/tmp$ ---------- snip ---------- -- If we fail, we will lose the war. Michael Lamertz | +49 221 445420 / +49 171 6900 310 Nordstr. 49 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 50733 Cologne | http://www.lamertz.net Germany | http://www.perl-ronin.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]