in reply to Array sorting

$ perl -le' my @Array1 = qw{ A B A C D C D B }; my @Array2 = qw{ 10 13 11 9 7 6 4 2 }; my @Array3 = qw{ as ad ae at ag ak ao we }; print "\@Array1 = @Array1\n\@Array2 = @Array2\n\@Array3 = @Array3\n"; my @order = sort { $Array1[$a] cmp $Array1[$b] || $Array2[$b] <=> $Arr +ay2[$a] } 0 .. $#Array1; print "\@Array1 = @Array1[@order]\n\@Array2 = @Array2[@order]\n\@Array +3 = @Array3[@order]"; ' @Array1 = A B A C D C D B @Array2 = 10 13 11 9 7 6 4 2 @Array3 = as ad ae at ag ak ao we @Array1 = A A B B C C D D @Array2 = 11 10 13 2 9 6 7 4 @Array3 = ae as ad we at ak ag ao