#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @list = qw(a z b y c x); my @list2 = qw(zulu charlie xray yankee bravo alpha); my %hash; @hash{@list} = @list2; my @sorted = @hash{sort @list}; print "@sorted\n"; #### @hash{sort @list} = sort @list2; my @sorted = @hash{@list};