Respected Monks,

I am not sure if its a right place to post this but its something I observed while reading through and I guess it might need correction if at all I am right.

In perlfaq,under the topic

How do I sort an array by (anything)?

Supply a comparison function to sort() (described in sort): 1. @list = sort { $a <=> $b } @list; The default sort function is cmp, string comparison, which would sort (1, 2, 10) into (1, 10, 2) . <=> , used above, is the numerical comparison operator.

Shouldn't it say "would sort (1, 10, 2) into (1, 2, 10)"

All said and done but I must admit about perl that I have not come across any other language (of course out of a handful which I boast I know) that has such an extensive documentation categorized in such a pretty way and accessible in so many ways :)

/zoop

'When You starve With A Tiger, The Tiger always starves last'

In reply to perlfaq4 error ? good catch: I am stupid by Zoop

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