Does anyone know of an effective sort method? One that will list 12 after 1 instead of before? 
my %hash = (
            1    => [1, One],
            2    => [2, Two],
            3    => [3, Three],
            4    => [4, Four],
            5    => [5, Five],
            6    => [6, Six],
            12    => [12, Twelve],
           );

my @sort;
for my $key (keys %hash) {
   push @sort, "$hash{$key}[0]::$hash{$key}[1]";
}

for (sort @sort) {
   my ($int, $alpha) = split(/::/, $_);
   print "Integer is: $int -- Alpha is: $alpha\n";
}

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This will display: 

Integer is: 12 -- Alpha is: Twelve
Integer is: 1 -- Alpha is: One
Integer is: 2 -- Alpha is: Two
Integer is: 3 -- Alpha is: Three
Integer is: 4 -- Alpha is: Four
Integer is: 5 -- Alpha is: Five
Integer is: 6 -- Alpha is: Six

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