People will suggest to use an ST, but I prefer to use a GRT. In this case: 
  my @g = qw(St1 St10 St2 St12 St6 St8);
  my @b = map {s/\D\K0+//; $_}
          sort
          map {sprintf "%s%02d", /(\D+)(\d+)/}
          @g;

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Just make sure you use enough zeros in your sprintf.

The "trick" here is that we pad the numbers with zeros so the numbers have equal length; then we sort, and finally, we remove the leading zeros.

Of course, if the data you're going to sort may have leading 0s, you'll have to take care of it.

In reply to Re: sorting an array mix by JavaFan
in thread sorting an array mix by baxy77bax

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