On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 12:46 AM, Todd Wade wrote:
> > "Patricia Hinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> Does anyone know of a routine that will sort arrays by >> size. I need to sort any number of given arrays, and >> operate on the largest to the smallest. >> >> I've just recently learned of the >> @nums = sort{$a<=>$b} @numbers; >> >> hope the answer for arrays is as simple. >> > Youre in luck then: > > $ perl -e 'print(sort({$a <=> $b} (7,3,4,9,5,6,1,8,2,)), "\n");' > 123456789 > > Todd W. > doesn't op want to sort a set of arrays based on the size of each array? i have: @x1 = ('a','b','c'); @x2 = ('d','e'); @x3 = ('f','g','h','i'); @s = sort {@$a <=> @$b} (\@x1,\@x2,\@x3); print "@$_\n" for @s; -------- outputs: d e a b c f g h i -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
