Hi,

I was just wondering why you'd not use a hash in a hash? I'd propose the following:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my $string = {
        index1 => { index11 => 4 },
        index2 => { index21 => 3 , index22 => 2 },
        index3 => { index31 => 1 }
         };

for my $i (sort keys %$string) {
    my $tmp = $string->{$i};
    for my $j (sort keys %$tmp) {
        print $i . " " . $j . " " . $string->{$i}->{$j} . "\n";
    }
}

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index1, index2, index3 and so on are just names I made up to fill the hash with something. You can replace them with your E1's, E2's, etc... The nested for loops sort in ascending order.

The hash in a hash for gives the following output:

index1 index11 4
index2 index21 3
index2 index22 2
index3 index31 1


 
 


In reply to Re: sorting not sort
by gargle

in thread sorting not sort
by Anonymous Monk





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