However, I am guessing you have an array of arrayrefs.

...

sort { $b->[0] <=> $a->[0] } @array

Assuming, like you said, an array of arrayrefs—which is a good assumption, I think—this code would try to order the array refs in @array by the first elements contained in the arrays they reference.

That seems very unlikely to be what he wants.

Update:

If he wants to sort the array referenced by $array[0], the code I gave will work. If he wants to sort all of his "columns," he should sort the indexes based on his sorting column using something like: 

my @indexes = sort {$array[0]->[$b] <=> $array[0]->[$a]} (0..$#{$array
+[0]});

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And then use the array of sorted indexes to map the sorted order onto the actual columns with something like this: 
my @sort = map { my $a = $_; [ map { $t->[$_] } @indexes ] } @array;

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It's up to him to be sure the "columns" are the same length, of course.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

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