hi

here is my problem i have a series of indexes which i would like to sort, but using this code :

use strict;

 my @g = qw(St1 St10 St2 St12 St6 St8);
 my @b = sort{$a cmp $b} @g;
 
 foreach my $x (@b){
   print "$x\n";
   }

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the result is : St1 St10 St12 St2 St6 St8 but what i need is :

St1 St2 St6 St8 St10 St12

i mean i don't know how to sort a set of strings that have numbers in it . i mean i understand why this isn't working by the method i used but if any one has any suggestions on how to overcome this problem ...

thanx

In reply to sorting an array mix by baxy77bax

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