my @sorted =
    map  { $_->[1] }               # pick interesting data
    sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] }   # sort numerically on first field
    map  { [ split /\|/, $_, 2 ] } # extract sortable field: $_->[0] i
+s sortable,
                                   #                         $_->[1] i
+s data
        <DATA>;

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This is a simple variant of the Schwartzian Transform. Read it upwards.

In the original transform, the original data is kept around as one of the elements of @$_. Here I was assuming you didn't need to display the sort number — but if you did, then you need to do something slightliy different than a split.

In reply to Re: How can I sort this data on the first field by gaal
in thread How can I sort this data on the first field by Anonymous Monk

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