in reply to Re: Sort Array by length of Value
in thread Sort Array by length of Value

too simple, i didn't see it...

 @combos = reverse sort {length(uc($a)) <=> length(uc($b))} @combos;

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sigh, thanks for pointing it out, i guess i was searching way too far.

regards,

Emanuel

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Re: Re: Re: Sort Array by length of Value
by shenme (Priest) on Oct 06, 2003 at 14:44 UTC
    You don't need the reverse if you compare reversed values to begin with. 
        @b = sort { length $b <=> length $a } @a;

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    But then I also wonder if the order of the values _after_ sorting on length might be significant.   You might want to consider something like this: 
        @b = sort { length $b <=> length $a 
                           ||
                       $a cmp $b
              } @a;

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