Re: Re: Where am I going wrong ?

Thanks, this worked:

@list = sort @list;
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Re (3): Where am I going wrong ? by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2001 at 01:51 UTC
Not to beat a dead horse too much, but is there any reason not to simply sort the list as it's read (which conserves memory, if THAT matters here)? To wit: `open DATABASE, $mydata or die "Can't open $mydata: $!\n"; flock DATABASE, LOCK_EX or die "Can't lock $mydata: $!\n"; my @list = sort <DATABASE>; # NOTE ^^^^ close DATABASE; # which also unlocks it` [download] dmm You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day ... Or, you can teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime	[reply] [d/l]

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Re (3): Where am I going wrong ?
by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Oct 30, 2001 at 01:51 UTC

Not to beat a dead horse too much, but is there any reason not to simply sort the list as it's read (which conserves memory, if THAT matters here)? To wit:

open DATABASE, $mydata or die "Can't open $mydata: $!\n";
flock DATABASE, LOCK_EX or die "Can't lock $mydata: $!\n";
my @list = sort <DATABASE>;
#  NOTE    ^^^^
close DATABASE; # which also unlocks it
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