my( @coordinates_sorted ) = map{ sprintf "((%2.1f %2.1f) (%2.1f %2.1f))\n", @{$_} } sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] or $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] or $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] or $a->[3] <=> $b->[3] } map{ [ m/([\d.]+)/g ] } ; { local $, = "\n"; print @coordinates_sorted; }