Re: Sorting - lower to upper

You can not have a sorted hash, but you can sort it's keys before use

foreach ( sort { ord($a) <=> ord($b) } keys %hash ) {
  print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n"
}
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Re^2: Sorting - lower to upper by shemp (Deacon) on Jul 15, 2004 at 16:32 UTC
Your comparison is backwards, the OP wants the lowercase first so you need: `foreach ( sort { ord($b) <=> ord($a) } keys %hash ) { print "$_ => $hash{$_}\n" }` [download] Kudos though, much more elegant than the solution i posted!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Sorting - lower to upper by Joost (Canon) on Jul 15, 2004 at 16:37 UTC
That's not quite what was asked by the OP either. output is: `xavier => 1 alice => 1 John => 1 Bob => 1` [download] "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Sorting - lower to upper by joule (Acolyte) on Jul 15, 2004 at 17:07 UTC
This works after switching the $a and $b. Thank you all for your kind help.	[reply]


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