use strict; use warnings; my @data; my %recordset; $recordset{name} = "Item A"; $recordset{price} = 9.99; push @data, \%recordset; $recordset{name} = "Item B"; $recordset{price} = 4.99; push @data, \%recordset; $recordset{name} = "Item C"; $recordset{price} = 7.5; push @data, \%recordset; my @sorted = sort {$a->{price} <=> $b->{price}} @data; print join "\n", map {$_->{name}." - ".$_->{price}} @sorted;