because it's
> first digit is a 6
>
> Your question was answered by a another poster.
>
> I'll reiterate:
>
> see perldoc -f sort
>
> The sort routine sorts alphabetically (well, ASCIIbetically)
> by default, use
> a different comparison operato
On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 01:03 , Eric Wang wrote:
[..]
> I have this flat text file with numbers in it.
> I tried to use the sort routine but it seems like the numbers were not
> sorted at all.
a) how did you get the 'numbers' out of the file?
b) what was the specific syn
x27;ll reiterate:
see perldoc -f sort
The sort routine sorts alphabetically (well, ASCIIbetically) by default, use
a different comparison operator:
@result = sort { $a <=> $b } @array;
Michael
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use
@result = sort {$a <=> $b} @array;
sort sort's by cmp (string comparison) by default.
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> Maybe you could give us an example of what you've done?
>
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> From: Eric Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:03:01PM -0700, Eric Wang wrote:
> I have this flat text file with numbers in it.
> I tried to use the sort routine but it seems like the numbers were not
> sorted at all.
Um, we're going to need a little more detail. What was in the file? What
code
Maybe you could give us an example of what you've done?
-Original Message-
From: Eric Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:03 PM
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Subject: the sort routine
Hi People,
I have this flat text file with numbers in it.
I tried to use the
perldoc -f sort
sort sort's by cmp by default...
for numerical use
sort { $a <=> $b }
> -Original Message-
> From: Eric Wang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: the sort routine
>
>
>
Hi People,
I have this flat text file with numbers in it.
I tried to use the sort routine but it seems like the numbers were not
sorted at all.
Help..
Eric
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