use strict;
use warnings;

my $X = @ARGV ? shift : 2;

my %array     =  (
    Key_One   => [qw / 50 25 100 90/],
    Key_Two   => [qw / 35 18 110 72/],
    Key_Three => [qw /100 35  99 82/],
);


my @names = qw /One Two Three Four/;

for (my $i = 0; $i < @names; $i ++) {
    my @keys = sort {$array {$b} [$i] <=> $array {$a} [$i]} keys %arra
+y;
    print "Column $names[$i]\n";
    foreach my $key (@keys [0 .. $X - 1]) {
        printf "%10s = %3d\n" => $key, $array {$key} [$i]
    }
}
__END__
Column One
 Key_Three = 100
   Key_One =  50
Column Two
 Key_Three =  35
   Key_One =  25
Column Three
   Key_Two = 110
   Key_One = 100
Column Four
   Key_One =  90
 Key_Three =  82

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Abigail

In reply to Re: Array Sorting Trouble by Abigail-II
in thread Array Sorting Trouble by Anonymous Monk

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