Hi,
I have to sort arrays of time differences from some zero, like this one:
['-6h0m','+11h39m',+1h7m','-12h8m']

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into
['+11h39m','+1h7m','-6h0m','-12h8m']

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I wrote this routine. Is there a cleaner way to sort the array?
Thanks in advance
ciao, Roberto 
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sub sort_deltas {
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    my @deltas = @{ shift() };
 
    my $delta;
    my %delta_tmp;
 
    for $delta (@deltas) {
        my $hm = substr($delta,1);
        my @tmp = split /h/, $hm;
        my $h = $tmp[0];
        @tmp = split /m/, $tmp[1];
        my $m = $tmp[0];
        my $minutes = $h * 60. + $m;
 
        my $signum = substr($delta,0,1);
        if ($signum eq '-') {
            $minutes = - $minutes;
        }
        $delta_tmp{$minutes} = $delta;
    }
 
    my $tmp;
    my @tmp_abs;
    my @back;
    push @tmp_abs, sort numerically keys %delta_tmp;
 
    for $tmp (@tmp_abs) {
        push @back, $delta_tmp{$tmp};
    }
 
    return reverse @back;
 
}

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