Thanks Eric.
But, although some dates may be six digits and some six
digit numbers may be dates, that isn't the case here. ;-)
It is a sequence number that is previously generated/changed
to get the records in the correct sequence for reporting.
Dennis
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Eric Edwards wrote:
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 14:14:31 -0600
> From: Eric Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Dennis G. Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Need help sorting by specific fields in file.
>
> Dennis,
> Not to tell you how to run your business, but how is the date formatted in
> the array?
> It has been my experience in working with dates that they should be
> formatted as 20040202. This allows you to sort on years that are different.
> Eric
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 1:49 PM
> Subject: Need help sorting by specific fields in file.
>
>
> > Greetings;
> >
> > I have a file that I need to sort and currently I am just
> > sorting it by
> >
> > @datalist = sort(@datalist);
> >
> > but it will eventually have many more records and many of
> > them may be quite large, but I only need to sort on the
> > first six characters which would be faster. Wouldn't it?
> >
> > I have looked at perldoc and it shows things like
> >
> > @articles = sort {$a <=> $b} @files;
> >
> > but I can't figure out how to tell the sort that $a and $b
> > are the first six characters of @datalist. That is numeric
> > data BTW.
> >
> > Any help or pointers appreciated.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
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