Greetings, I have designed an Array of Hash - with the following representative structure:
@array  [0]   %Hash { name => proteobacteria, 
                            size => 30
              [1]   %Hash { phylum => alphabacteria,  
                            size => 50  
              [2]   %Hash { name => cytophaga,   
                            size => 10

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... Question: How do I sort the array by the value of the hash key “size" Such that it is arranged in a new array in descending order? ie.
 @newarray [0]  %Hash {name => alphabacteria
                       size => 50

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so far my script looks as follows...

@newarray = sort {$$hash{$b} <=> $$hash{$a} } @array, keys %Hash;

Thanks In advance.

In reply to How to sort by the key value of an Array of Hash structure? by Jordy224

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