Re^3: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it

As already stated by ikegami, you really need to use the numerical sort: sort {$a <=> $b} @array

Try changing your data set to my @array = ( -10, 99, 67, 0, -100, -38, 98) and using that sort routine. This is probably the problem the OP is having. You're going to get -10 as the minimum.

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Re^4: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it by eric256 (Parson) on Apr 03, 2009 at 15:58 UTC
Very true, corrected code: `my @array = ( 99, 67, 0, -100, -38, 98); my ($min, $max) = (sort {$a <=> $b} @array)[0,-1];` [download] Update: Cut n paste error fixed, thanks plobsing and ikegami ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it by plobsing (Friar) on Apr 05, 2009 at 14:28 UTC
Typo alert: you have 2 sorts. The result is that you sort alphabetically after having sorted numerically. Unfortunately, your test dataset doesn't show the problem. Try adding 100 to the data.	[reply]