Re^4: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it


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by eric256 (Parson)

on Apr 03, 2009 at 15:58 UTC ( [id://755304]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Very true, corrected code:

my @array = ( 99, 67, 0, -100, -38, 98);
my ($min, $max) = (sort {$a <=> $b} @array)[0,-1];
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Update: Cut n paste error fixed, thanks plobsing and ikegami

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Re^5: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it by plobsing (Friar) on Apr 05, 2009 at 14:28 UTC
Typo alert: you have 2 sorts. The result is that you sort alphabetically after having sorted numerically. Unfortunately, your test dataset doesn't show the problem. Try adding 100 to the data.	[reply]

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