"Bob Ackerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 12:46 AM, Todd Wade wrote: > > > > > "Patricia Hinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >> Does anyone know of a routine that will sort arrays by > >> size. I need to sort any number of given arrays, and > >> operate on the largest to the smallest. > >> > >> I've just recently learned of the > >> @nums = sort{$a<=>$b} @numbers; > >> > >> hope the answer for arrays is as simple. > >> > > Youre in luck then: > > > > $ perl -e 'print(sort({$a <=> $b} (7,3,4,9,5,6,1,8,2,)), "\n");' > > 123456789 > > > > Todd W. > > > > doesn't op want to sort a set of arrays based on the size of each array? > > i have: > @x1 = ('a','b','c'); > @x2 = ('d','e'); > @x3 = ('f','g','h','i'); > > @s = sort {@$a <=> @$b} (\@x1,\@x2,\@x3); > print "@$_\n" for @s; > -------- > outputs: > d e > a b c > f g h i >
Time for bed!!! Yes, sorry Patricia if this led to any confusion. btw, the cool thing about perl is its still just as simple =0). Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
