i want this sorted by LastName, then FirstName when it prints. i don't know if this is set up all wrong for that. i think i would be sorting a hash, but where would i do it? inside the print tags, or before that? 

my @row = split(/\t/); 
    if ($row[11] ne undef) { 
        my %data; 
        @data{@fields} = @row; 
        push @records, \%data;
        
    }        
}
close (FILE);

foreach my $ref ( @records ) {
    print "<a href = \"http://sph.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/passtestfac.cgi
+\?name\=$ref->{'ID'}\">", @{$ref}{qw/LastName/}, ',', ' ', @{$ref}{qw
+/FirstName/}, "</a>", "<br>";
    }

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thanks.

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