sub _on_left { my ( $s ) = @_; my @words = split( /\s+/); my $word_level=3; return $words[ scalar( @words ) - $word_level ]; } #### sub _on_left { my ( $s ) = @_; my @words = split ' ', $s; my $word_level = 3; return $words[ $word_level - 1 ]; } #### sub order_line{ my @sorted_lines; foreach ( sort { _by_left( $a, $b ) } @lines ) { push @sorted_lines, $_ } print @sorted_lines; } sub _by_left { my ( $a, $b ) = @_; return lc( _on_left( $a )) cmp lc( _on_left( $b )); } #### sub order_line{ my @sorted_lines = sort { _by_left( $a, $b ) } @lines; print @sorted_lines; } #### sub order_line{ my @sorted_lines = sort _by_left @lines; print @sorted_lines; } sub _by_left { return lc( _on_left( $a )) cmp lc( _on_left( $b )); }