You're going to get the ability to get the same result in either fashion. However, for my reply to a similar question on array sorting, merlyn pointed out that the ST is overly heavy for the sorting, and the method that I suggested above was better for getting the sorted indices. Now, with mine, you can rebuild the sorted array via the map I provided, but it's just as easy to do this as well: 
@sorted_indices = sort {...} (0..$#array); # as above
@sorted_array = map { $array[$_] } @sorted_indices;  #as above
my @to_position;
$to_position[ sorted_indices[ $_ ] ] = $_ foreach (0..$#array);  # thi
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IMO, I believe this is more lightweight and a bit easier to follow for the given code than using the heavier ST for the same. Not that the ST can't be useful in a similar situation if the comparison values are heavy in terms of calculation times, but here they defintely aren't.

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In reply to Re: Re: How do I record in what order a sort was preformed by Masem
in thread How do I record in what order a sort was preformed by Anonymous Monk

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