sort on values in an array of hashes

kprasanna_79 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings Monks,
i have an array of hashes, in which i want to sort the array with values of the hashes.

push (@found, {name => $1}) if(/*.pm/);
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i want the @found array to be sorted on the values of hash.
I seek your wisdom in this respect.
--prasanna.k

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Re: sort on values in an array of hashes by ambs (Pilgrim) on Apr 19, 2005 at 09:09 UTC
Not sure if what you want is this... `@array = sort { $a->{name} cmp $b->{name}} @found;` [download] Good luck Alberto Simões	[reply] [d/l]
Re: sort on values in an array of hashes by blazar (Canon) on Apr 19, 2005 at 09:28 UTC
`push (@found, {name => $1}) if(/.pm/);` Except that this won't even compile and if it did, then it would be pointless to use `$1` for there are no capturing parens. Hint: regexen are not shell patterns. Hint no. 2: post real code* when asking for help. PS: slight smell of XY here...	[reply] [d/l] [select]