By the way, if you wanted only up to one of those conditions to match, then you don't need all this complication with a string of zeros and ones. Just have the key be a single number you just compare with spaceship. Something like this, untested: 

...
sub list_sortflags {
  my($s) = @_;

  my @networks = ...;
  my $network_string = ...;

  my $k;
  if ($s->{user} =~ /LadyAleena_($network_string|TV)/ && $s->{name} !~
+ /TV/)
    { $k = 1; }
  elsif ($s->{user} =~ /LadyAleena_($network_string)/ && $s->{name} =~
+ /TV shows$/)
    { $k = 2; }
  elsif ($s->{user} eq 'LadyAleena_TV' && $s->{name} eq 'Premium TV sh
+ows')
    { $k = 3; }
  elsif ($s->{user} eq 'LadyAleena_TV' && $s->{name} eq 'TV shows')
    { $k = 4; }
  ...
  elsif ($s->{user} eq 'Lady_Aleena' && $s->{name} =~ /(Followers' bus
+inesses|List subscribers)/)
    { $k = 11; }
  else
    { $k = 12; }
  $$s{sortflag} = $k;
}
...
sub list_compare {
  my($a, $b) = @_;
  return $$a{sortflag} <=> $$b{sortflag} ||
    my_sort($$a{name}, $$b{name}, "article");
}
...

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In reply to Re^3: Pointers needed to tweak a sort by ambrus
in thread Pointers needed to tweak a sort by Lady_Aleena

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