#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Test::More; use Test::Deep; my @in = -2 .. 2; my @exp = (0, 1, 2, -2, -1); my @sorted = sort { ((-1, 0, 1)[$a <=> 0] <=> (-1, 0, 1)[$b <=> 0]) || ($a <=> $b) } @in; cmp_deeply([@sorted], [@exp]); done_testing(); #### ((($a <=> 0) & 3) <=> (($b <=> 0) & 3)) || ($a <=> $b)