@age = ( @f1 = (amy,35), @f2=(bill,55), @f3=(george,28), @f4=(jason,71
+));
@age = sort personal::sortAge(\@age);

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this is not what you want¹ ... anonymous arrays are written in brackets.

you rather meant:

  DB<150> @age
 => (["amy", 35], ["bill", 55], ["george", 28], ["jason", 71])

  DB<151> sort personel::sortAge @age
 => (["jason", 71], ["bill", 55], ["amy", 35], ["george", 28])

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your syntax produced a flat list, not a nested AoA. 

  DB<153> @age = ( @f1 = (amy,35), @f2=(bill,55), @f3=(george,28), @f4
+=(jason,71));
 => ("amy", 35, "bill", 55, "george", 28, "jason", 71)

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see perldsc for details.

If I were you I would define sortAge() to sort itself

  DB<157> @age = ( ["amy", 35], ["bill", 55], ["george", 28], ["jason"
+,71]);
 => (["amy", 35], ["bill", 55], ["george", 28], ["jason", 71])

  DB<158> sub personel::sortAge { sort { $b->[1] <=> $a->[1] } @_}

  DB<159> personel::sortAge @age
 => (["jason", 71], ["bill", 55], ["amy", 35], ["george", 28])

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otherwise better rename your sortAge to cmpAge, cause your code doesn't "sort" it "compares".

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

¹) and the code you posted before updating wasn't even valid perl.

In reply to Re: Using a sorting subroutine in a module with an array of arrays as parameters by LanX
in thread Using a sorting subroutine in a module with an array of arrays as parameters by polmed

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