Hi gravid,

Yep, there's a better solution than messing with Perl's internals :-)

my %hash = ( a=>0, b=>1, c=>0, d=>3 );
foreach my $k ( sort { $hash{$a} <=> $hash{$b} or $a cmp $b } keys %ha
+sh  ) {
    print "$k = $hash{$k}\n";
}

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Always outputs:

a = 0
c = 0
b = 1
d = 3

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Background: If the comparison of the values (<=>) shows they are equal it returns zero, so then the second part of the or expression is evaluated, comparing the keys.

Update: See the multi-field sort in How do I sort an array by (anything)? That FAQ answer also references this article: Far More Than Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Sorting

Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

In reply to Re^6: setting PERL_PERTURB_KEYS & PERL_HASH_SEED in a perl file by haukex
in thread setting PERL_PERTURB_KEYS & PERL_HASH_SEED in a perl file by gravid

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