I took an example from the internet as a start on working with arrays and sort. I am surprised by the different output of 
print sort(@myarray);

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and 
@sarray = sort (@myarray);
print @sarray;

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Example 
#!/usr/bin/perl

# AN ARRAY
@coins = ("Quarter","Dime","Nickel");
print "@coins";
print "\n\r";

# ADD ELEMENTS
push(@coins, "Penny");
print "@coins";
print "\n\r";

unshift(@coins, "Dollar");
print "@coins";
print "\n\r";

@scoins = sort(@coins);
print sort(@coins);
print "\n\r";
print "@scoins";
print "\n\r";

# REMOVE ELEMENTS
pop(@coins);
print "@coins";
print "\n\r";

# BACK TO HOW IT WAS
shift(@coins);
print "@coins";
print "\n\r";

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Output 
Quarter Dime Nickel
Quarter Dime Nickel Penny
Dollar Quarter Dime Nickel Penny
DimeDollarNickelPennyQuarter
Dime Dollar Nickel Penny Quarter
Dollar Quarter Dime Nickel
Quarter Dime Nickel

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p.s. the code blocks look really small in my preview. Hope this is normal.

In reply to Why is print output different for function returning an array versus printing an array variable? by aixtools

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