my @array = ( 
                        ['1', '2', '3', '4'], 
                        ['1','2','3','4','5','6']
                        ['1','2']
                        ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8']
                     );


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my @sortedarray = ( 
                       ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'], 
                        ['1','2','3','4','5','6'],
                        ['1', '2', '3', '4'], 
                        ['1','2']
                     );