I got it!
I had the right idea, but didn't get things split right!! here's my code now
#!/usr/bin/perl

# first we open the temp file w/the records to be sorted, place in an 
+array

$input = 'frecord.tmp';
$i = 0;
open (input) || die "Can't open file $input: $!\n";
     @data = <input>;
     $datalength = @data;    # array length
close input;

@sorted = sort {
    @a_fields = split/\s+/, $a;
    @b_fields = split/\s+/, $b;
    $a_fields[3] <=> $b_fields[3];
    } @data;
  
$sortedlength = @sorted;
for ($i=0; $i<=$sortedlength; $i++) {
    print "$sorted[$i] \n"; }

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Thanks for your help!! I do appreciate it! =)

In reply to I got it! by TrinityInfinity
in thread Sorting, arrays and other problems by TrinityInfinity

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