On Jan 31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>I have a simple hash with directory names as keys and sizes as values. I
>would like to print the hash, in descending order of the size of each
>directory.
# this sorts your keys based on their values, descending
@keys = sort { $hash{$b} <=> $hash{$a} } keys %hash;
>I was contemplating of "reversing" the hash(so that sizes become keys and
>directory names become values) and then do a sort on the keys. However, this
>approach would not work if two directories have the same sizes, as that
>would "flatten" the keys list!
Reversing the hash is more work than it's worth, as you've found out.
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