I forgot how to decorate for descending sort.
Just negate the field(s). Unary minus ('-') for numeric and boolean not ('~') for alpha:
# Ascending numeric and ascending alpha
print for map{
unpack 'x[Na4]a*', $_
} sort map{
local $^W;
pack 'Na4a*', (0+$_), substr( $_, 1), $_
} @a;;
0cjlf
0dvys
0uvmu
1akkn
1imwi
1lpys
1pjzw
2uwep
3hiyn
3jrkx
3myrn
3ozcw
3rqhx
3vkon
6excm
7axqf
7lbhj
8klfd
9ijei
9klou
# Descending numeric and ascending alpha
print for map{
unpack 'x[Na4]a*', $_
} sort map{
local $^W; pack 'Na4a*', -(0+$_), substr( $_, 1), $_
} @a;;
0cjlf
0dvys
0uvmu
9ijei
9klou
8klfd
7axqf
7lbhj
6excm
3hiyn
3jrkx
3myrn
3ozcw
3rqhx
3vkon
2uwep
1akkn
1imwi
1lpys
1pjzw
# Ascending numeric and descending alpha
print for map{
unpack 'x[Na4]a*', $_
} sort map{
local $^W;
pack 'Na4a*', (0+$_), ~substr( $_, 1), $_
} @a;;
0uvmu
0dvys
0cjlf
1pjzw
1lpys
1imwi
1akkn
2uwep
3vkon
3rqhx
3ozcw
3myrn
3jrkx
3hiyn
6excm
7lbhj
7axqf
8klfd
9klou
9ijei
# Decending numeric and descending alpha
print for map{
unpack 'x[Na4]a*', $_
} sort map{
local $^W;
pack 'Na4a*', -(0+$_), ~substr( $_, 1), $_
} @a;;
0uvmu
0dvys
0cjlf
9klou
9ijei
8klfd
7lbhj
7axqf
6excm
3vkon
3rqhx
3ozcw
3myrn
3jrkx
3hiyn
2uwep
1pjzw
1lpys
1imwi
1akkn
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