How do I sort a list of numbers?

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How do I sort a list of numbers?

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Re: How do I sort a list of numbers?⭐ by vroom (His Eminence) on Jan 21, 2000 at 00:15 UTC
you need to use the numerical comparison operator <=> inside of your sort function `@sorted=sort{$a <=> $b} @unsorted;` [download] If you did `@sorted=sort @unsorted;` [download] the sort function defaults to doing a textual comparison so 375 would be considered less than 4 since its first character 3 is less than 4.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do I sort a list of numbers? by carrolte (Novice) on Dec 12, 2000 at 21:42 UTC
Here is a twist: How to sort an array of referenced hashes, based on a perticular key value. `@sorted=sort{$$a{key} <=> $$b{key}} @unsorted;` carrolte	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I sort a list of numbers? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 03, 2002 at 05:33 UTC
Re: How do I sort a list of numbers? Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply]
Re: How do I sort a list of numbers? by St{)Ля (Initiate) on Oct 19, 2002 at 18:43 UTC
Here is my answer, You need to use the sort command structure. Like this... `@sortedlist = sort @unsortedlist` That will sort your list in `ASCIIbetical order`. ASCII is a strange place where Caps come before lower case letters and punctuation marks-well they come in all different places. This is the default behavior of sort. You can change this order to whatever you prefer. <STDIN> Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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