#!/usr/local/bin/perl -l # use strict; use warnings; my %sections = ( DMA => q{dma}, FST => q{dma/fst}, MRA => q{dma/mra}, BKS => q{bks}, MSU => q{dma/msu}, FMA => q{dma/fma}, FOMC => q{dma/FOMC}); my $thisKeyFirst = q{DMA}; my @sortedKeys = map { $_->[0] } sort { $b->[1] <=> $a->[1] || $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] } map { [$_, $_ eq $thisKeyFirst] } keys %sections; print for @sortedKeys; #### DMA BKS FMA FOMC FST MRA MSU #### my %specials = ( DMA => 2, MSU => 1); ... map { [$_, exists $specials{$_} ? $specials{$_} : 0] } keys %sections;