Hi, This is probably going to be simple... mind not working today..

So I have have a array of hash references, firstly I want to sort it on price order and then I want to sort it dependent on having a particular key.. So lets say I have this 

[
                                 {
                                   'vtype_ug' => 1                    
+            
                                   'total_rate' => 400,
                                 },
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 220,
                                 },  
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 700,
                                   'vtype_ug' => 1,
                                 }, 
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 300,
                                 }, 
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 400,
                                 }, 
                                                                  {
                                   'total_rate' => 250,
                                 }, 
                  ]

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I want it to be sorted like 
         [
                                 {
                                   'vtype_ug' => 1                    
+            
                                   'total_rate' => 400,
                                 },    
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 700,
                                   'vtype_ug' => 1,
                                 },
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 220,
                                 },  
                                     
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 250,
                                 }, 
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 300,
                                 }, 
                                 {
                                   'total_rate' => 400,
                                 }, 
   
                  ]

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I tried this... it almost works but not quite... 

my @sorted = 
        sort { (exists $a->{vtype_ug}) ? -1 : 0} 
        sort { $a->{total_rate} <=> $b->{total_rate} }

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I know its probably just my little brain not working very well.. but any help appreciated.

In reply to Sorting on Exists by ropey

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