#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11145633 use warnings; use List::AllUtils qw( nsort_by ); my @weekdays = qw/Monday Saturday Thursday/; print "$_\n" for nsort_by { 'motuwethfrsasu' =~ substr lc, 0, 2; $-[0] } @weekdays;