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sort behavior explanation required

by ghosh123 (Monk)
on Apr 20, 2014 at 15:02 UTC ( [id://1082944]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    @arr = ("jack", 80, "martin", 3, "allan", 'george');

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@sort = sort { $a cmp $b } @arr;

print "@sort \n";
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    @sort = sort { $a <=> $b } @arr ;

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