I have implemented your specification, but did not get the expected result. (Did you mean to sort on distance rather than value?) 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my $header = <DATA>;     #capture the header line
my @headers = split(/\t+/,$header);
my @recordsArray;
while(my $line = <DATA>){
    my @records = split(/\t+/,$line);
#    print "@records";
    push @recordsArray,[@records];
    }

#print Dumper(\@recordsArray);

my @SortedArray = sort {$b->[3]<=>$a->[3] or $b->[2]<=>$a->[2]} @recor
+dsArray;
print Dumper(\@SortedArray);
__DATA__
ID    distance    score    value    start    stop    done    remaining
+    
N_425    614    17.01    425    40    12    308    322    
N_542    1290    18.74    542    53    15    237    251    
N_372    870    15.66    372    80    15    262    276    
N_236    814    15.65    236    69    13    185    200

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In reply to Re: Sort on Table headers by BillKSmith
in thread Sort on Table headers by Anonymous Monk

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