*grin* hey, who'm I to argue. if it don't work, it don't work - I was wrong, you were right, congratulations. David > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph P. Discenza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 12:43 PM > To: Ihnen, David; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Sort Question [Now: perlguts guru comments welcome] > > > (un-jeopardied) > > Ihnen, David wrote, on Monday, October 02, 2000 14:24 > : > From: Joseph P. Discenza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:06 AM > : > Subject: RE: Sort Question > : > > : > Ihnen, David wrote, on Monday, October 02, 2000 12:39 > : > : so something like an array of array references could be > sorted by: > : > : > : > : @sortedarray = sort {$direction * ($a[$field] cmp $b[$field])} > : > : @arrayofrefs; > : > > : > Hmm...if that's an array of array references, then $a & $b are > : > array references. Shouldn't that be $a->[$field] and $b->[$field]? > : > : Same difference, man. References, [], both works, use -> > for clarity. > > I tried this: > > perl -e "@a = ([0, 1, 2], [8, 9, 10]); $r = $a[0]; print ($r[1]);" > > and > > perl -e "@a = ([0, 1, 2], [8, 9, 10]); $r = $a[0]; print ($r->[1]);" > > $r is clearly an array reference. The first one fails, the second one > works. > Now, is it different inside the sort block with $a and $b? > Any perlguts > gurus interested in commenting? > > Now, I could certainly have said $a[0][1] instead of > $a[0]->[1] (where I've > got $r->[1]), but I would be surprised if what you suggest works. > > Joe > > ============================================================== > Joseph P. Discenza, Sr. Programmer/Analyst > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Carleton Inc. http://www.carletoninc.com > 219.243.6040 ext. 300 fax: 219.243.6060 > > Providing Financial Solutions and Compliance for over 30 Years > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Web mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web
