my %pop;
my @poporder;
for(@ary) {
  $pop{$_}++;
}
for(sort { $pop{$a} <=> $pop{$b} } keys %pop) {
  print "$_: $pop{$_}\n";
}
# can also do
@poporder = sort { $pop{$a} <=> $pop{$b} } keys %pop;

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this goes through your array, ++ing the hash element with the key as the array item. It then sorts your hash by the values of those keys and prints them out, or as the last line show, assigns them to a new array in order. (replace @ary with your array name)

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In reply to Re: finding the most popular in array by suaveant
in thread finding the most popular in array by Anonymous Monk

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