See? I knew someone else would know a better way. Jolinar
"Beau E. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi - you suggested: > > > foreach $lastname (sort { $a cmp $b } keys %names) { > > print "$lastname, $names{$lastname}\n"; > > } > > That works well. I'm lazy, so I usually do something like: > > print "$_, $names{$_}\n" for (sort keys %names); > > 1) for == foreach so save 4 keystrokes. > 2) I use the .... for ....; structure because the > processing within the "for" is just one line. > 3) the sort default is {$a cmp $b}, so no need to specify. > 4) $_ is automatically the loop variable, so > skip declaring the temp variable $lastname. > > Now if you want a case-insensitive sort: > > print "$_, $names{$_}\n" for (sort { lc $a cmp lc $b } keys %names); > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
