use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; my @hrefs = ( {a=>22, g=>7, c=>51, t=>0}, {a=>9, t=>2, c=>30, g=>0}, ); my @final_data; #Extract each hash from the array: for my $hash_ref (@hrefs) { my %hash = %{$hash_ref}; #Convert the hash into an array of key/value pairs: my @pairs = map [$hash{$_}, $_], keys %hash; #Sort the key/value pairs based on the number: my @sorted_pairs = reverse sort {$a->[0] <=> $b->[0]} @pairs; #Add the numbers to one array and the corresponding #letters to another array: my (@numbers, @letters); for my $pair_ref (@sorted_pairs) { push @numbers, $pair_ref->[0]; push @letters, $pair_ref->[1]; } #Add the letters to the end of the numbers array: push @numbers, @letters; say "@numbers"; #Collect the data in an array: push @final_data, \@numbers; } print "\n"; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\@final_data); --output:-- 51 22 7 0 c a g t 30 9 2 0 c a t g $VAR1 = [ [ 51, 22, 7, 0, 'c', 'a', 'g', 't' ], [ 30, 9, 2, 0, 'c', 'a', 't', 'g' ] ];

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