Perl - Sort a multi dimensional hash

krishnashah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hash looks like this:

$VAR1 = {

    Key1:Key1_si => {

        'KeyA' => {
            Keya => 'abcd, defg',
            keyb => '1000',
            keyc =>  '80%',
            keyd =>  '2011.10.09',
            keye => '1234-UR-DDDD',
            keyf => 'rwh',
            keyg => '600',
            keyh => 'red',
            keyi => '900',
            keyj => '',
            keyk =>'int4678_tt',
        },

        'KeyB' => {

            Keya => 'abcd, defg',
            keyb => '2000',
            keyc =>  '100%',
            keyd =>  '2011.11.09',
            keye => '1234-UR-DDDD',
            keyf => 'rwh',
            keyg => '500',
            keyh => 'red',
            keyi => '400',
            keyj => '',
            keyk =>'int4678_tt',
        },
    },

};
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Question: I want to sort this hash on the basis of 'keyc' whose value is varied. So, I want to sort on the basis like below: Key1:Key1_si->KeyB->Keyc Key1:Key1_si->KeyA->keyc Also, I want to have the output with the sorted values along with the rest of attributes like : Print: Key1:Key1_si KeyB Keya keyd Keyc keyf Key1:Key1_si KeyA keya keyd Keyc keyf Can somebody please help me with the code in perl to perform sort as mentioned above. I will really appreciate your time and efforts.

Thanks, Krishna

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Re: Perl - Sort a multi dimensional hash by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 17, 2013 at 02:30 UTC
You cannot sort a hash. You can sort the keys, though: `my %subhash = %{ $hash->{'Key1:Key1_si'} }; my @sorted_keys = sort { $subhash{$a}{keyc} <=> $subhash{$b}{keyc} } keys %subhash; for my $key (@sorted_keys) { print "Key1:Key1_si $key"; print ' ', $subhash{$key}{$_} for sort keys %{ $subhash{$key} }; print "\n"; }` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl - Sort a multi dimensional hash by LanX (Saint) on Jan 16, 2013 at 23:35 UTC
Unreadable! Please edit your post and insert code and paragraph tags: `paragraph <p> ... paragraph <p> ... <c> your($code); </c> paragraph <p> ...` [download] Cheers Rolf	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl - Sort a multi dimensional hash by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jan 16, 2013 at 23:41 UTC
Please see Writeup Formatting Tips and Markup in the Monastery and How do I post a question effectively?. Note: Because you posted as a registered user, you can edit the original post rather than starting another thread.	[reply]
Re: Perl - Sort a multi dimensional hash by krishnashah (Initiate) on Jan 17, 2013 at 00:41 UTC
I hope you can see now. Please help me with the problem.	[reply]


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