Monks,

Forgive me if this is truly a novice question.

I have a data file that is broken out like this: 
id|projname|status|submitdt|assign_dt|total|complete_dt|person|dept|cl
+osed_dt

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Currently, this data is stored in an Array called @Data. If The data is already sorted on the id. How can I sort it by the 2nd element in the array "projname" or the 8th element "person" or the 9th element "dept?" I'm using this on a web page so I would like for people to be able to view the output data in ways more meaningful to them.

Thanks in advance,
Louis

In reply to How to sort an array by cosmicsoup

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