Please Help!
I have 4 different sets data which are all associated and I need to sort them according to one of the fields and then by another. Is it possible to do this within one of the data strucutures within perl. I've looked at hashes of hashes but can't sort by the two different fields.
E.g.
Subject Query e_value startend
ID12KBrH2e-262240031622400515
ID34BrH02e-0538768603876936
ID12BrH02e-0538767003873500

So i need to sort or group the 'subject' field and then sort in ascending order by 'start', keeping each record associated.
Many thanks,
Chris

In reply to Sorting complex records by Anonymous Monk

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