Hi Monks
I would like your wisdom regarding why my code below does not work:
Task : from the given hash, rank the keys based on the values, also taking into account that if 2 or more keys have the same value, the get the same ranking.
my %data = 
(
      'car' => 180,
      'motorcycle'     => 150,
      'skate'     => 150,
      'bird'   => 120,
);

my @keys = keys %data;
my @sorted[ sort { $data{$keys[$b]} <=> $data{$keys[$a]} } 0..$#keys ]
+ = 1..@keys;
my $rank = 1;
my @ranks = ();
foreach $count (0..$#sorted) 
{
    $rank = $count + 1 if ($count > 0 && $sorted[$count] != $sorted[$c
+ount - 1]);
    push @ranks, $rank;
}

print join ",", @ranks;

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The code prints 1,2,3,4, while it should print 1,2,2,3 since motorcycle and skate have the same value. Also, could you tell me how I can also print the key next to its ranking (motorcycle, skate etc)?
Many thanks!

In reply to Sorting and ranking by Anonymous Monk

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