# Decending numeric and descending alpha
...
pack 'Na4a*', -(0+$_), ~substr( $_, 1), $_
...
;;
0uvmu
0dvys
0cjlf
9klou
9ijei
8klfd
...
1imwi
1akkn
I think you fixed a -substr( $_, 1) (- vice ~) that was there originally, but I was still puzzled by the sorting of 0 before 9 in an otherwise descending numeric sort. Looking at the bit fields in detail tells the tale: the -(0+$_) expression should be ~(0+$_) instead (in this particular case at least) to produce an effective descending numeric ordering from an actual ascending lexicographic sort.
>perl -wMstrict -le
"print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', -0;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', -1;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', -2;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', -9;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', -10;
print '';
;;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', ~0;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', ~1;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', ~2;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', ~9;
print unpack 'H*', pack 'N', ~10;
"
00000000
ffffffff
fffffffe
fffffff7
fffffff6
ffffffff
fffffffe
fffffffd
fffffff6
fffffff5
>perl -wMstrict -le
"use List::Util qw(shuffle);
;;
my @a = qw(
0uvmu 3rqhx 8klfd 2uwep 9klou 3jrkx 6excm 1imwi 7axqf 1lpys
0dvys 3ozcw 7lbhj 1pjzw 9ijei 3hiyn 3vkon 1akkn 0cjlf 3myrn
);
;;
@a = shuffle @a;
;;
print for map{
unpack 'x[Na4]a*', $_
} sort map{
local $^W; pack 'Na4a*', ~(0+$_), ~substr( $_, 1), $_
} @a
"
9klou
9ijei
8klfd
7lbhj
7axqf
6excm
3vkon
3rqhx
3ozcw
3myrn
3jrkx
3hiyn
2uwep
1pjzw
1lpys
1imwi
1akkn
0uvmu
0dvys
0cjlf
Hmmm... This is trickier than it looks. And it looks kinda tricky. (And I don't say that my little fix is general.)
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