just to add abit to learned brother jcrewn's comments, look at the following code:

jptxs:/home/jptxs $ vi sortExample

use strict;

while (my @sorted = <DATA>) {
        print sort @sorted;
}

__END__
camel
llama
cheeta
owl
ant
butterfly

jptxs:/home/jptxs $ perl sortExample
ant
butterfly
camel
cheeta
llama
owl
[download]

Notice I didn't even have to include any arguements to sort alphabetically. Something to chew on as you work through this one : )

-- I'm a solipsist, and so is everyone else. (think about it)