Hi Perlmonks,

I have two arrays i.e. @x and @y containing eight names and eight numerical values, respectively. Each name in @x corresponds to the particular value in @y at the specific position. I am interested in finding out five maximum values with positions in @y in descending order and five minimum values with positions in @y in ascending order. I am at my wit's end to find it. I can find out only the maximum and minimum value from the array @y. I seek the wisdom of perlmonks in this matter. I have given the two arrays below:

@x = qw/c d e f k l m n/; 
@y = qw/4 6 5 2 9 7 8 3/;

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The desired results should look something like:

Max values (only 5) in descending order with positions in name array:
9 corresponds to k at position 4
8 corresponds to m at position 6
7 corresponds to l at position 5
6 corresponds to d at position 1
5 corresponds to e at position 2


Min values (only 5) in ascending order with positions in name array:
2 corresponds to f at position 3
3 corresponds to n at position 7
4 corresponds to c at position 0
5 corresponds to e at position 2  
6 corresponds to d at position 1

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In reply to How can one find five max values and five min values with positions in descending and ascending order from arrays? by supriyoch_2008

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