Greetings ketema,
I don't know how wise this is (it feels unwise to me), but here's my code:
my @known = (
{ Attribute => 5 },
{ Attribute => 4 },
{ Attribute => 8 },
{ Attribute => 3 },
{ Attribute => 7 },
{ Attribute => 2 }
);
sub byIndex { $a->{Attribute} <=> $b->{Attribute} }
@known = sort byIndex @known;
my $new_item = { Attribute => 6 };
for (my $x = 0; $x < @known; $x++) {
if ($new_item->{Attribute} <= $known[$x]->{Attribute}) {
splice(@known, $x, 1, $new_item, $known[$x]);
last;
}
}
print $_->{Attribute}, "\n" foreach (@known);
Is there any way you can add items into @known all before your sort, then sort only once at the end? Seems to me that'd be better.