#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.014; use warnings; my @test_data = ( [ atcroft => [ 'a', # ' b', # ' e', # ' f', # ' g', # ' c', # ' d', # 'h', # ' i', # ' j', # ]], [ tybalt => [ 'j', # ' i', # ' h', # ' g', # ' f', # ' e', # ' d', # 'c', # ' b', # ' a', # ]], ); say_sorted(@$_) for @test_data; sub say_sorted { my ($who, $data) = @_; say "Data from $who"; say '-' x 20; say for @$data; say '-' x 20; say for sort { $a =~ y/ //dr cmp $b =~ y/ //dr } @$data; say '=' x 20; }