i had to write a csv sorting code for which i used the following code :

foreach(@files){
    if(/\.csv$/i) { # if the filename has .csv at the end
        push(@csvfiles,$_);
    }
}

foreach(@csvfiles) {
    $csvfile=$_;
    open(hanr, "D:\\stock\\".$csvfile)or die"error $!\n"; 
    open(hanw , ">D:\\stock\\sorted".$csvfile) or die"error $! \n"; 
    @lines=();
    @lines=<hanr>;

    foreach $line (@lines){
        chomp $line;
        $count++;
        next unless $count; # skip header in csv 
        my $row;
        @$row = split(/,/, $line );
        push @$sheet2 , $row;
    }

    foreach my $row (
      sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] || $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] } @$sheet2
    ) 
    {
        chomp $row;
        print hanw join (',', @$row ),"\n";
    }
    @$sheet2 = ();
    $count   = -1;
    close(hanw);
    close(hanr);
}

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however i do not understand what @$row is ..also i understand sorting a NORMAL array @sheet2 comparing coulumn 0 and 1 ..but i cannot understand what is the state of @$row and $ row being pushed into @$sheet2; if someone would explain the whole thing it would be wonderful:

@$row = split(/,/, $line );
    push @$sheet2 , $row;
}

foreach my $row ( sort {$a->[0] cmp $b->[0] || $a->[1] cmp $b->[1]}  @
+$sheet2 )
{
    *print hanw join (',', @$row ),"\n";
}

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In reply to what is @$varname in perl by sandy105

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