#!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; use strict; use warnings; use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use Data::Dumper; my $events = [ { month => 8, name => "August", list => [ { name => "retreat", date => 20 }, { name => "marathon", date => 29}, { name => "golfing" , date => 12} ] }, { month => 7, name => "July", list => [ { name => "high tea", date => 15 }, { name => "rafting" , date => 23 }, { name => "picnic", date => 10 }, ] }, ]; my @s1_events = sort { $a->{month} <=> $b->{month} } @$events; print Dumper (@s1_events); my @s2_events = sort { $a->{list}{date} <=> $b->{list}{date} } @s1_events; print Dumper(@s2_events); #produces 'pseudo-hashes are deprecated error'