use Data::Table;

$header[0] = "NAME";  $header[1] = "NUMBER";

$data[0][0] = "Mary";  $data[0][1] = 3;
$data[1][0] = "John";  $data[1][1] = 2;
$data[2][0] = "John";  $data[2][0] = 4;
$data[3][0] = "Mary";  $data[3][1] = 2;

$table = new Data::Table ($data, $header, 0);

# TRIPLETS, FIRST PARAM IS COLUMN INDEX, SECOND IS NUMERICAL VALUE/ 
# NON-NUMERICAL, THIRD IS ASCENDING/DESCENDING SORT
$table->sort(0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0);

# RECONSTITUTE ARRAY
$data[0][0] = $table->elm(0,0);  $data[0][1] = $table->elm(0,1);
$data[1][0] = $table->elm(1,0);  $data[1][1] = $table->elm(1,1);
$data[2][0] = $table->elm(2,0);  $data[2][1] = $table->elm(2,1);
$data[3][0] = $table->elm(3,0);  $data[3][1] = $table->elm(3,1);

print "$header[0]\t$header[1]\n\n";
print "$data[0][0]\t$data[0][1]\n";
print "$data[1][0]\t$data[1][1]\n";
print "$data[2][0]\t$data[2][1]\n";
print "$data[3][0]\t$data[3][1]\n";

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Running it, I get the error message: Row index out of range 0..-1

Thanks again, cypress

(And I did make a slight data typo in my original post.)

In reply to Re^2: sorting on multiple columns using Data::Table? by cypress
in thread sorting on multiple columns using Data::Table? by cypress

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