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You beat me to your solution.

The why is context. Specifically, the original is in scalar context, which will return the size of the set of matched values (1)true or false. So your two values are both 1, and now (iirc) being a stable sort, returns the dates in the original order. The update takes the return value in list context, causing the results of the matches to be assigned to the provided variables.

Update: test my understanding of the return value from a pattern match, and correct the statement.

--MidLifeXis


In reply to Re: sorting a file by a date:"YYYY-MM-DD" field with cmp by MidLifeXis
in thread sorting a file by a date:"YYYY-MM-DD" field with cmp by jason.printer

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