I'm not sure I understand what you're saying?... Let's say I have the following 

my $n = 4;
my $mat1 = "PW";
my $t1 = "0.0077";
my $ort1 = "45";
my $mat2 = "PW";
my $t2 = "0.0077";
my $ort2 = "45";
my $mat3 = "8HS";
my $t3 = "0.0147";
my $ort3 = "0";
my $mat4 = "PW";
my $t4 = "0.0077";
my $ort4 = "0";

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Now I want to sort it as described in the original post. How do I do this efficiently? My first thought would be to write several if statements but I imagine there must be a better way to go about this. Thanks for the help.

In reply to Re^2: Create an array from Optionmenu variables by shortyfw06
in thread Create an array from Optionmenu variables by shortyfw06

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