sub getClients{ my @sortedclients; my @joinedarray; foreach(@clients){ next if m/(^#|^$)/; my ($cltnbr, $cltname) = split (' ', $_); my $joined = join " ", $cltname, $cltnbr; push @joinedarray, $joined; } foreach(@sortedclients = sort @joinedarray){ my ($cltname, $cltnbr) = split (' ', $_); print "$cltname
"; } }