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Old 02-23-2014
Trouble in Sorting

sorting
[][9 ,14 ,4 ,23]

[4,9,14,23] []


can i do it using simple perl script/awk?

Last edited by sa@@; 02-26-2014 at 11:16 PM..
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Old 02-23-2014
Define what 'right side' means. Using the fields backwards, using the whole line in reverse order?
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Old 02-23-2014
Given :[][9 ,14 ,4 ,23]
next
[4,14,23][9]
i hope am not confusing ..
[4,9,14,23] []

Last edited by sa@@; 02-26-2014 at 11:17 PM..
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Old 02-23-2014
Is this a homework assignment?
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Old 02-23-2014
no..
its part of a main code which in some point should call in this function
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Old 02-23-2014
What be the difference compared to a plain ascending sort?
 
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