#! perl -slw use strict; my( $a, $b ) = ( 'mya', 'myb' ); { our( $a, $b ) = ( 'oura', 'ourb' ); my @sorted = sort { $a <=> $b } map{ rand 100 } 0 .. 99; print "$a : $b"; } print "$a : $b"; __END__ P:\test>test oura : ourb mya : myb