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Old 09-14-2007
Java sort function in perl
Hi,

here is my perl script.This script creates an array and is sorting it using the in-built sort function in perl.

Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
    my number=6;
    my @num_arr=(1,2,3,4,5);
    my @array=(23,"$number","Hello",2.345,@num_arr);

    #printing the array
    print "@array\n";

   #sorting the array
   my @sorted    = sort @array;
   print "Sorted : @sorted\n";

The output is an shown below:

23 6 Hello 2.345 1 2 3 4 5
Sorted : 1 2 2.345 23 3 4 5 6 Hello

Can anyone suggest why the sort function act differently?

With Regards
Dileep Pattayath
# 2  
Old 09-14-2007
What is "differently"? It appears expected for me.

From the sort documentation:

Quote:
If SUBNAME or BLOCK is omitted, sorts in standard string comparison order.
It treats everything as string and sorts in ASCII order. So, back to the question, what do you expect to see here?
# 3  
Old 09-14-2007
If in case you want the array sorted numerically, write:
Code:
my @sorted    = sort { $a <=> $b } @array;

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