Alternately, one could use a binary search to find where to insert and then insert. The binary search has O(log N) time. 

sub crop_binary_insert {
  my ($a, $x) = @_;
  my ($min, $max) = (0, $#{$a});

  return if ($a->[-1] >= $x); # don't bother to insert if we don't hav
+e to

  while ($min != $max) {
    my $mid = int( ($min + $max)/2 );
    if ($a->[$mid] > $x) {
      $min = $mid+1;
    } else {
      $max = $mid;
    }
  }
  pop @$a;
  splice @$a, $min, 0, $x;
}

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update: fixed up indention slightly.

update 2: s/\$i/\$mid/ (Oops! Thanks to petral.)

In reply to Re: crop-sort: Maintaining a Top-10 Array by wog
in thread crop-sort: Maintaining a Top-10 Array by japhy

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