in reply to substr sort ??

Actually you can just lose the substr. It isn't gaining you anything. Perl will convert the strings to numbers and just Do The Right Thing.

@values = sort { $a <=> $b } @values;

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Update: broquaint reminds me that this will generate warnings under "use warnings". It will still give the right answer tho' :)

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Re2: substr sort ??
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 22, 2003 at 12:56 UTC 
    @values = sort {
    no warnings;
    $a <=> $b
} @values;

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    *shrugs*

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