So, if I'm reading this right, you've got a bunch of numbers like so: 
64/2829
1/349834
37823/8338
5/989328

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And you want them sorted like this: 
1/349834
5/989328
64/2829
37823/8338

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Here: 
sub sortbyfirst {
   my ($f_a, undef) = split(/\//, $a);
   my ($f_b, undef) = split(/\//, $b);
   return $f_a <=> $f_b;
}

@sorted = sort sortbyfirst @numbers;

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Note: Untested.

This won't be superfast... If you've got a huge list, or this runs constantly, look into the tye transductor, illustrated here.

stephen

In reply to Re: divide by '/' by stephen
in thread divide by '/' by Anonymous Monk

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