This is just an idea, so don't take my word for it..you may want to wait to see what other monks have to say. I've stumbed across this problem a few times (never had the initiative to find a solution though).

You COULD try sorting by the KEY of the hash (for the first value of age), then rebuild your hash so the value you are wanting to split on is first. An example, if you wanted to search for their zip code, just SPLIT your hash and JOIN it again with the zip code being the first thing before your delimiter: value = 12345||39||Somehere in Cali||Cali.

This is untested and just an idea, but hope it helps.



"Age is nothing more than an inaccurate number bestowed upon us at birth as just another means for others to judge and classify us"

sulfericacid

In reply to Re: Complex hash sorting by sulfericacid
in thread Complex hash sorting by Anonymous Monk

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