On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:22:15PM -0400, David Gray wrote: > > Now I've got an array of hashes, where each hash can have > > different keys e.g., > > > > @aoh = ( {H3 =>234, H1 =>127, DNA =>1, p135 =>167}, > > {H4=>24, H3=>1550, DNA =>25, p39 =>67}, > > {H3 =>34, H2A =>125, DNA =>5, p32 =>7}, > > {H3 =>24, H4 =>156, DNA =>123, p12 =>13} > > ) > > And I'd like to order the array elements by virtue of the > > biggest value in the hash.
.... > perldoc -q "sort a hash" Nope, he's looking for a *nested* sort, since he has to find the largest value 'values %$a' and 'values %$b'. And as a nice addon, he mentions that the keys of the hashes can vary. -- If we fail, we will lose the war. Michael Lamertz | +49 221 445420 / +49 171 6900 310 Nordstr. 49 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 50733 Cologne | http://www.lamertz.net Germany | http://www.perl-ronin.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]