If I use exactly your Perl, I get the output.

If I ‘hash’ out your ‘use 5.010;’ - I get the following error message on the MSDOS screen

Bareword "say" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at ………..amonk_f_sort.pz line 28.

Using 

use strict;
print "perl version $^V\n";

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and the output is perl version v5.20.2

Therefore it seems it is something to do with the version of Perl being used.

It would be good to know how to change your Perl so that it works using 'use strict;" and with my current version of Perl (and I would like to know where the sorted data is stored or how I can store it in an array).

In reply to Re^6: Sorting text-number values by merrymonk
in thread Sorting text-number values by merrymonk

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