You could probably use a Schwartzian on this, to order the keys or values of
a hash by something...
i have no clue how bad your performance will be, but you might want to look
into it
it's in perlfaq 4
hth
Jos Boumans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Yacketta, Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Beginners (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: output in specified order
> On Jun 21, Yacketta, Ronald said:
>
> >I have a the following hash that _MUST_ be outputed in a specified order
> >every time.
>
> You see, that's an ugly combination. You might find a pseudohash useful,
> but they're kinda ugly. Perhaps you want the Tie::IxHash module.
>
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