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sub mysort {
    chomp(my @entries = <STDIN>);
    return sort @entries;
}

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If you don't understand how sort() works, you can read more about it here. If you think sort() is not appropriate to use here, you'd better explain yourself.

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Re: Re: Tedious array sort revisited
by gatornek (Initiate) on Feb 05, 2003 at 19:50 UTC
    I know that Perl is supposed to make the routine easy, but I'm specifically supposed to implement a sort subroutine without using any built in perl functions.
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      Get thee to your nearest bookstore and get a copy of the wolf book (ISBN ISBN 1565923987), which has an entire chapter on sorting in perl without resorting to sort().

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      If you have to re-invent the wheel, then please do yourself a favour and use some more efficient algorithm, e.g. a Quicksort or a Shell-sort.

      CountZero

      "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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