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Sort Array

by Mehdi (Initiate)
on Jun 08, 2001 at 01:33 UTC ( [id://86763]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Mehdi has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

when I use sort() to sort an array like this:
@array = (70, 10, 8);
@array = sort (@array);
the result is : 10, 70, 8
how can I get the result as: 8, 10, 70 in Perl?

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Re: Sort Array
by wog (Curate) on Jun 08, 2001 at 01:35 UTC
    See the documentation for sort: 

    # use <=> instead of default cmp
@array = sort { $a <=> $b } @array;

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Re: Sort Array
by ZZamboni (Curate) on Jun 08, 2001 at 02:02 UTC
    By default sort uses the cmp operator to compare elements, which does a string comparison. In ASCII order, "10" comes before "8", which is why you are getting those results. As wog pointed out, you have to instruct the <=> operator to make it compare things as numbers.

    --ZZamboni

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