1
1229.003932
1348.475942
2
1127.677089
1628.387836
3
1830.910815
686.226114
4
2181.269057
780.242484
5
2302.996066
850.572327
6
1201.169859
1107.266903
7
1266.842105
665.334403
8
1471.475049
644.755582
9
2278.018406
1909.274463
10
2616.853057
1779.732754
11
2730.703647
1697.259759
12
1608.323892
1555.214756
13
1719.087310
1988.052650
14
1924.751609
1987.482170

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my @data;
my ($c, $i, $j);

open ( DATA, "<c:/my documents/npoint.txt" ) or die ("could not open file. &!");

$c = 0;

# Loop while there are more lines to read
while (not eof DATA) {
    # Read four lines and store them in the @record array
    my @record = (
        scalar(<DATA>),
        scalar(<DATA>),
        scalar(<DATA>) );
    $c = $c + 3;
    # Remove the new-line from the end of the lines
    chomp @record;

    # Store a reference to this @record instance
    # in the @data array.
    push @data, \ @record;
}

my @sorted = sort { $a -> [1] <=> $b -> [1] } @data;

print Dumper(@sorted);
#for ($i = 0; $i < ($c); $i++) {
#    for ($j = 0; $j <= 2; $j++) {
#        print $sorted[$i][$j] ;
#    }
#}

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = [
          '2',
          '1127.677089',
          '1628.387836'
        ];
$VAR2 = [
          '6',
          '1201.169859',
          '1107.266903'
        ];
$VAR3 = [
          '1',
          '1229.003932',
          '1348.475942'
        ];
$VAR4 = [
          '7',
          '1266.842105',
          '665.334403'
        ];
$VAR5 = [
          '8',
          '1471.475049',
          '644.755582'
        ];
$VAR6 = [
          '12',
          '1608.323892',
          '1555.214756'
        ];
$VAR7 = [
          '13',
          '1719.087310',
          '1988.052650'
        ];
$VAR8 = [
          '3',
          '1830.910815',
          '686.226114'
        ];
$VAR9 = [
          '14',
          '1924.751609',
          '1987.482170'
        ];
$VAR10 = [
           '4',
           '2181.269057',
           '780.242484'
         ];
$VAR11 = [
           '9',
           '2278.018406',
           '1909.274463'
         ];
$VAR12 = [
           '5',
           '2302.996066',
           '850.572327'
         ];
$VAR13 = [
           '10',
           '2616.853057',
           '1779.732754'
         ];
$VAR14 = [
           '11',
           '2730.703647',
           '1697.259759'
         ];