use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests=>1; use List::UtilsBy qw(zip_by); my @transcripts = qw( t1 t1 t2 t2 t1 t2 ); my @alles = qw( a1 a2 a1 a2 a3 a3 ); my @effects = qw( mis mis mis mis del del ); my @matrix = (\@transcripts, \@alles, \@effects); my @sorted_effects = map {$_->[2]} sort{ $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] or $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] } zip_by {[@_]} \@transcripts, \@alles, \@effects; is_deeply( \@sorted_effects, [qw(mis mis del mis mis del)], 'sort by row');