Hi Brethren,
I am trying to sort three hashes the contents of which are show below, they are linked by a common key or value in each hash. i.e 
Hash A%

key (score)        Value (text)

62          accord newton second
78          acceler smaller greater
56          addit law motion


Hash B%

key (text)        Value (line number)

addit law motion           12
accord newton second       19
acceler smaller greater     9

Hash C%

key (text)   Value (line number)

According to newton        19
The acceleration is         9
In addition to his laws    12

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The contents of Hash “A” (value) match the contents of Hash “B” (key) not necessarily on the same line.
The contents of Hash “B” (value) match the contents of Hash “C” (value) again not necessarily on the same line.
So there is a common link between all hashes like a relational database.

I would like to sort Hash “A” (key) in descending order and then align the (value) Hash “A” with Hash “B” (key).
Then use that sort, to align Hash “C” so that the key value pairs of "C" can be printed out in the same order as the sorted “A” Hash.

Any help would be much appreciated.

In reply to Sorting or Aligning Parallel Hashes by Gavin

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