in reply to complicated sorting issue
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # Build a utility array for sorting by size our @sizes=qw(s m l xl); our %sizeval; { my $i = 0; $sizeval{$_}=$i++ foreach @sizes; } # Build the array to test my @arr; while (<DATA>) { chomp; push(@arr,{ sortval => $_ }); } # Now sort the results and print them foreach (sort bysizecolor @arr) { print $_->{sortval},"\n"; } # Sort hashrefs by size and color sub bysizecolor { my ($a_size,$a_color) = getsizecolor($a->{sortval}) or warn("Couldn't parse '$a'"),return 0; my ($b_size,$b_color) = getsizecolor($b->{sortval}) or warn("Couldn't parse '$b'"), return 0; return bysize($a_size, $b_size) || bycolor($a_color, $b_color); } # Compare two sizes sub bysize { my($a,$b)=@_; $sizeval{lc $a} <=> $sizeval{lc $b}; } # Compare two colors sub bycolor { my($a,$b)=@_; lc $a cmp lc $b; } # Extract the size and color from a string sub getsizecolor { return ($_[0] =~ m!\w+:\s(\w+),\s\w+:\s(\w+)!); } __DATA__ size: L, color: White size: M, color: Orange size: M, color: White size: M, color: White size: S, color: Orange size: S, color: White size: Xl, color: Orange size: Xl, color: White size: Xl, color: White
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