On Mar 2, 2005, at 12:14 AM, John Horner wrote:
@data = sort {
$a->{year} <=> $b->{year}
||
$months{ $a->{month} } <=> $months{ $b->{month} }
} @data;
## only if the years are equal does the second sort take place, is
that right?
Yes - when you use ||, it "short circuits" the express
I was interested by this question -- and let me say, of course the
correct answer is, "use the module" -- I just took the opportunity to
try learn a bit about more advanced sorting.
The following is of course a very roundabout solution, but it shows
how you can sort by an arbitrary quality you
Hi Sherm,
Thanks for taking the time to explain it. That makes sense.
Mark
On Mar 1, 2005, at 12:59 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
On Mar 1, 2005, at 2:48 AM, Mark Wheeler wrote:
Hi Sherm,
That works perfectly. Could you give me a brief rundown on how the
sort works with Date::Manip, so I can understand
On Mar 1, 2005, at 2:48 AM, Mark Wheeler wrote:
Hi Sherm,
That works perfectly. Could you give me a brief rundown on how the
sort works with Date::Manip, so I can understand what is going on?
On Feb 28, 2005, at 1:03 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
my @sorted = sort { Date_Cmp(ParseDate($b), ParseDa
Hi Sherm,
That works perfectly. Could you give me a brief rundown on how the sort
works with Date::Manip, so I can understand what is going on?
Thanks,
Mark
On Feb 28, 2005, at 1:03 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
On Feb 28, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Mark Wheeler wrote:
I have a quick question regarding sorting
On Feb 28, 2005, at 3:41 AM, Mark Wheeler wrote:
I have a quick question regarding sorting. I have a list of dates and
years in the following format:
October-2004
December-2004
September-2004
January-2005
November-2004
I need to sort them so the final outcome is:
January-2005
December-2004
Novemb
Hi,
I have a quick question regarding sorting. I have a list of dates and
years in the following format:
October-2004
December-2004
September-2004
January-2005
November-2004
I need to sort them so the final outcome is:
January-2005
December-2004
November-2004
October-2004
September-2004
Of course
