So I have an array of lines from a file that contains email addresses. Some of the lines have only email addresses like "MGORBA@kremvax.ru", while some of the lines have other info like "MGORBA@kremvax.ru (Lucille Ball)".

I want to sort the array so that the longer lines sort to the top, so that an array like 

MGORBA@kremvax.ru
and if I ever catch MGORBA@kremvax.ru sniffing my under-
MGORBA@kremvax.ru (Lucille Ball)
so that it comes out 
and if I ever catch MGORBA@kremvax.ru sniffing my under-
MGORBA@kremvax.ru (Lucille Ball)
MGORBA@kremvax.ru
Is there a smarter way to do this than 
$length = length($scalar);
$store{$length} .= "$scalar\n";

for ( sort $b <=> $a ( keys ( %store ))) {

    print "$store{$_}";
}

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which seems needlessly messy. Is there something simpler? -clay

In reply to Sorting @ary by line length? by cshirky

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