well.. TIMTOWTDI
I would store this as a nested array in a hash:
my %CLANS;
while(<FILE>){
chomp;
my($clan, @scores) = split /,/;
$CLANS{$clan} = \@scores;
}
# to sort in order
@clans_in_win_order = sort {
$CLANS{$b}[0] <=> $CLANS{$a}[0] ## sort by most wins first
|| # then
$CLANS{$a}[1] <=> $CLANS{$b}[1] ## sort by least losses
|| # then
$CLANS{$b}[2] <=> $CLANS{$a}[2] ## sort by most points for
## etc.
} keys %CLANS;
## so you print in the order of @clans_in_win_order; remember hashes don't
keep any specific order... only arrays do.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steveo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:48 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: sorting data (more than one scalar involved)
>
>
> I understand how to sort $string1 and $string2 but I have something a
> little more complicated (I think at least) and I've never done this
> before. This is what my data looks like (flat ascii file)
>
> (clan, wins, losses, points for, points against)
>
> dod,4,3,700,400
> cs,5,2,950,250
> hl,0,7,300,1000
>
> What I want to do is read this flat ascii text file into a
> script and print
> it out on a webpage so the clans are ranked by wins, so on a
> webpage it
> would look like this:
>
> Clan W L PF PA
>
> CS 5 2 950 250
> DOD 4 3 700 400
> HL 0 7 300 1000
>
> I can open and close the ascii text file. Whats an approach
> for going
> about sorting this data?
> Steveo (aka Haiku)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.linuxhaiku.com
>
>
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