Re^5: Sorting a text file


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Re^5: Sorting a text file

by tybalt89 (Monsignor)

on Dec 06, 2016 at 18:11 UTC ( [id://1177317]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Re^4: Sorting a text file
in thread Sorting a text file

Suggestion: then sort by the second word

#!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1177316

use strict;
use warnings;

print sort { (split ' ', $a)[1] cmp (split ' ', $b)[1] } <DATA>;

__DATA__
CCCCCC-NF-33 LONDON_JAM_2AAA END-ONE_2TWO
DDDDDD-NF_52 VENICE_CCC_1ZZZ WHAT_WHEN-1WHY
KKKKK-INF_44 JAMAICA_AAA_3TTT HOW-WHERE_3WHAT
AAAAA-INF-32 LONDON_JAM_2AAA END-ONE_2TWO
BBBBB-INF-12 JAMAICA_AAA_3TTT WHAT_WHEN-1WHY
VVVVV-INF_24 VENICE_CCC_1ZZZ END-ONE_2TWO
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