use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my %h = (
            'John'         => 'P9111',
            'Bob'          => 4711,
            'xavier'       => '20040610',
            'alice'        => '20040610',
        );

my %sk = map ({$_, ($_ =~ m/^[a-z]/) ? 0 : 1} (keys %h));
print Dumper %sk;

my @xk = (sort {$sk{$a} <=> $sk{$b} || $a cmp $b} keys %sk);

print Dumper @xk;

___OUTPUT___
$VAR1 = 'Bob';
$VAR2 = 1;
$VAR3 = 'alice';
$VAR4 = 0;
$VAR5 = 'John';
$VAR6 = 1;
$VAR7 = 'xavier';
$VAR8 = 0;


$VAR1 = 'alice';
$VAR2 = 'xavier';
$VAR3 = 'Bob';
$VAR4 = 'John';

[download]

pelagic

In reply to Re: Sorting - lower to upper by pelagic
in thread Sorting - lower to upper by joule

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.