Re: How to sort a list of strings by an arbitrary field separator

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Please see perlfaq4, entry "How do I sort an array by (anything)?".

For obtaining a particular field, (split /\~/, $str, $field + 2)[$field] is useful (if $field starts counting at 0)

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Re^2: How to sort a list of strings by an arbitrary field separator by mfv1984 (Initiate) on Aug 25, 2010 at 11:58 UTC
Thanks you Moritz and Corion. I didn't think of looking up in the FAQ's before asking, sorry. This 'Schwartzian Transform' thing seems pretty nifty. Now I have something good to learn the rest of the day!	[reply]
Re^3: How to sort a list of strings by an arbitrary field separator by bart (Canon) on Aug 25, 2010 at 13:40 UTC
More nifty sorting tricks for Perl: A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting (Uri Guttman & Larry Rosler) In particular you might make good use of the "Orcish (OR-cache) Maneuver".	[reply]

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