Hi,

You might want to look at Text::CSV for parsing your csv file. It could make things a bit simpler.

And then, as McDarren says, Date::Calc would be quite helpful for your sort. Perhaps convert it to a unixtime format and then perform the sort.

A sort sub to get the job done:

# Store your values in a hash of hashes
# $kols{line1} = { date => 12-12-06, bits => 12, ... }

my $orderby = "date" # or "bits, ..."
my $updown = "DESC" # or "ASC"
foreach (sort { &mysort($updown) } keys %kols) {

} # end-foreach

sub mysort {
        my ($direction) = @_;
        if ($direction eq "DESC") {
                $kols{$b}{$orderby} <=> $kols{$a}{$orderby}
                ||
                $kols{$b}{$orderby} cmp $kols{$a}{$orderby}
        } # end-if
        else {
                $kols{$a}{$orderby} <=> $kols{$b}{$orderby}
                ||
                $kols{$a}{$orderby} cmp $kols{$b}{$orderby} 
        } # end-else 
} # end-sub

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Cheers.

In reply to Re: Sorting a CSV file by rsiedl
in thread Sorting a CSV file by farhan

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