On Mar 2, 2005, at 12:14 AM, John Horner wrote:
@data = sort {
$a-{year} = $b-{year}
||
$months{ $a-{month} } = $months{ $b-{month} }
} @data;
## only if the years are equal does the second sort take place, is
that right?
Yes - when you use ||, it short circuits the expression if
On Mar 1, 2005, at 2:48 AM, Mark Wheeler wrote:
Hi Sherm,
That works perfectly. Could you give me a brief rundown on how the
sort works with Date::Manip, so I can understand what is going on?
On Feb 28, 2005, at 1:03 AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
my @sorted = sort { Date_Cmp(ParseDate($b),
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
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,
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
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
