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my @temps = sort { $a <=> $b } keys %hash;
my @fluors = @hash{@temps};

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Re: Re: Hashes - sorting keys
by Skeeve (Parson) on Jul 15, 2003 at 10:21 UTC
    You should explain it to him.
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      What needs explaining?

      # get a sorted list of hash keys and store in array @temps
my @temps = sort { $a <=> $b } keys %hash;

# use a hash slice to get list of values in the same order
# as the keys in @temps and store in array @fluors
my @fluors = @hash{@temps};

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        Didn't you see that he seems to be hopelessly lost doing useless things?
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