On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 16:50:03 +0000, Steven Massey wrote: > I have an array, each line contains fields seperated by ":" > I want to sort the array numerically ascending by the last field. > > my thoughts are to split fields into seperate arrays, go through the last > array in a comparing process, moving each row index in the original array > to reflect the sort. ( I found this hard to explain) > > Do any of you some tips as to how to approach this ?? > > eg > contents of array1 > fred:lucy:24 > john:jane:10 > frank:mary:5 > > so I want to end up with > frank:mary:5 > john:jane:10 > fred:lucy:24
Here's a solution exploiting the Sort::Fields module from CPAN. It has the main advantage to be very readable and easy to program without errors. (Of course for the price of a little speed penalty). use Sort::Fields; print fieldsort ':', ['3n'], @array; Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
