On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Jay Ay wrote:
> hi there
>
> i want to be able to sort an array of hashes.
>
> for example, i create each hash like this and push it on to the array.
> push(@senddata,{ 'sender' => $se, 'recip' => $re, 'smtphost' => $svr,
> 'number' => $somenbr});
>
> what i want to do is sort the array by 'number' key value, in order greatest
> number to smallest number.
>
I'm pretty sure you've gotten lots of replies to the question you asked
so I won't add to the list. I just want to do a little mild course
correction to your termanology. The only thing that can ever be pushed
into an array is a scalar. Every defined element of an array contains
a scalar. What you are actually pushing is a special type of scalar
called a reference. In this case a reference to an anonymous hash.
If you tried to actually push a hash into an array you'd end up
adding one scalar for every key and data element of the hash.
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