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Re: Array Sort

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on May 10, 2011 at 02:17 UTC ( [id://903887]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Array Sort

print for sort{ 
    substr( $a, 3, 4 ) cmp substr( $b, 3, 4 ) 
} 'AC-BA91-CA', 'AB-BA92-CA', 'AD-BA90-CC', 'AA-BA93-CA', 'AA-BA89-CB'
+;;
AA-BA89-CB
AD-BA90-CC
AC-BA91-CA
AB-BA92-CA
AA-BA93-CA
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