Re: Sorting @lines

@sortedlines = map{(split)[1]}
               sort
               map{sprintf"%09d%09d%s%s %s",(split/\./)[0..3],$_}
               @lines;
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Re2: Sorting @lines by blakem (Monsignor) on Oct 11, 2002 at 02:54 UTC
That will break if any of the elements have spaces in them. Probably not very likely, but a safer way to write a GRT is: `my @sorted = map{(split(/\0/))[1]} sort map{sprintf"%09d%09d%s%s\0%s",(split/\./)[0..3],$_} @lines;` [download] -Blake	[reply] [d/l]