Re^4: sort an array with +ve & -ve numbers in it

Very true, corrected code:

my @array = ( 99, 67, 0, -100, -38, 98);
my ($min, $max) = (sort {$a <=> $b} @array)[0,-1];
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Update: Cut n paste error fixed, thanks plobsing and ikegami

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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]