> If your list is large, you may want to make this a bit faster with a Schwartzian Transform.

That went WAY over my head! :-)

Then one certain way of improving your Perl skills is to read up on it. :-) Figuring out the Schwartzian Transform probably shouldn't be your highest priority at the moment, but it'll help your understanding of sorting, arrays, and the infamous map.

If you're interested, I strongly recommend japhy's excellent article Re: Helping Beginners (continued).

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