I tried using something like "@labels = sort keys %hash" but this doesn't work.

Oh yes it does. SSCCE:

#!/usr/bin/env perl 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More tests => 2;

my %hash = (
        alpha => 'one',
        gamma => 'three',
        beta  => 'two'
);

my @wantkeys = qw/alpha beta gamma/;
my @wantvals = qw/one two three/;

my @labels = sort keys %hash;
is_deeply \@labels, \@wantkeys, "You said this doesn't work, but it do
+es";
my @vals = @hash{@labels};
is_deeply \@vals, \@wantvals, "The values match up with the keys";

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in thread Transferring hash keys to array... Need help sorting by DARK SCIENTIST

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