Sorting on one key is simple enough:

@sorted = sort {$$a{"key"} <=> $$b{"key"} } @unsorted;
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To sort on more than one key, i'd probably do something like this:

@sorted = sort {$$a{"least_signifigant_key"} <=> $$b{"least_signifigan
+t_key"}} @unsorted;
[...]
@moresorted = sort{$$a{"most_signifigant_key"} <=> $$b{"most_signifiga
+nt_key"}} @sorted;
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A function would be prettier...

sub multi_key_sort {  # pass me two references to arrays
 my $array = shift;   # the first to the array that needs sorting..
 my $keys = shift;    # the second to an array of keys to sort by
 for my $key (@$keys) {
   @$array = sort {$$a{$key} cmp $$b{$key}} @$array;
 }
 return @$array;
}

my @sorted_array = &multi_key_sort(\@unsorted_array,\@array_of_keys);
# @array_of_keys in order from least to most signifigant
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--sean

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