Oooo... I like that... more or less the same as Peter suggested but a little
more self contained ... gonna have to remember that kinda structure.
thnx i'll try it out :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 10 May 2001 10:41
> To: Nic LAWRENCE; 'Beginner Perl'
> Subject: Re: Sorting
>
>
>
> --- Nic LAWRENCE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Can anybody suggest the most efficient method to do the following...
> >
> > I have an array of email aliases like the following:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: sys
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: coookiecom
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: niccicamcom
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: katyland-news_site14-request
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: majordomo_site4
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: melanier
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: louisefolds
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: swccom
> >
> > ... and I want to sort them in alpha order, but basic on the value
> > between @ and : (ie the domain name in the first column). I could
> > problably do this if I throught about it a while, but the code would
> > be REALLY messy, so I'm interested to know what the "correct" way to
> > go about it might be. :)
>
> lol... Assuming they are in @ary, try this:
>
> @new = sort {
> my($A) = $a =~ /\@([^:]+)/;
> my($B) = $b =~ /\@([^:]+)/;
> return $A cmp $B;
> } @ary;
>
> sort aliases each element to $a and $b when comparing; the pattern
> grabs all consecutive non-colons following the first at sign.
> Assignment in the list context prvided by the parens around $A and $B
> means that the actual pattern matched is returned. cmp does a string
> compare, returning the greater-equal-lessThan zero comparison sort
> expects. =o)
>
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