> it works the same way, but I substituted in a Schwartzian transform to cache the original
> value of the heading instead of unpacking it again later. According to some tests with
> Benchmark, it's about 40% faster than doing the unpack later. Plus it keeps letters intact.

Unfortunately, there are two problems with this code: 

@sorted = 
  map {$_->[0], ", "}
  sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0]}
  map {[$_, pack ("N*", $_)]}
@unsorted;

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First, the map arguments should be reversed or the sort subscripts should be "1" not "0". As it is, all the code does is a simple sort, and ignores the whole pack part! Second, even when it is fixed, it does not quite sort correctly: 

@unsorted = qw(2 1.2a 2.2 1.2 1.1a);
## A fixed version:
@sorted = 
  map {$_->[0], ", "}
  sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1]}
  map {[$_, pack ("N*", $_)]}
@unsorted;

print @sorted, "\n";
## produces:
1.2a, 1.1a, 1.2, 2, 2.2

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In reply to RE {4} Sorting on Section Numbers by turnstep
in thread Sorting on Section Numbers by Zoogie

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