I have a correctly created db file I would like to print out, and need to sort it in decending order numerically on the first field. When I use the following, it works fine:

open(INF,"$Dir/log.txt") or dienice("Can't open logs: $! \n");
@stats = <INF>;
close(INF);

foreach $i (sort byrate @stats) {
chomp($i);
($rate,$team,$comment,$gotdate) = split(/\|/,$i);
print "$rate $team  $comment\n";
print "<br>";
print "$ip $gotdate\n";
print "<br><br>";
}

sub byrate {
    @a = split(/\|/,$a);
    @b = split(/\|/,$b);
    $b[0] <=> $a[0];
}
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However, no matter what I try, I cant seem to get the print line to work the way I would like. When I use this:

print "[$rate] [$team] $comment\n";
print "<br>";
print "$ip $gotdate\n";
print "<br><br>"; 

or this:
print "($rate) ($team) $comment\n";
print "<br>";
print "$ip $gotdate\n";
print "<br><br>"; 

it prints out the list in the correct order, that
is numerically with the highest rate on top, BUT
after it prints the rows out, it then prints an
equal amount of these:
[][]
[][]
[][]

or these
()()
() () etc.


I tried stripping spaces or newlines, tried using a
if $i > 0 or if exists ($rate) with no success.
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Can anyone help this newkid out ? Thanks.

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