Ned -- ...and then Ned Cunningham said... % % Great, % Now how about sorting on the "new" first element of the array each time I % step through a file???
How about a little more detail? I'm not sure quite what you mean by
new; you top-posted instead of providing any contextual reference.
Given input of
a b c d
e f g h
i a a a
do you want to sort on the b/f/a elements, or something else?
If you do, then
- do you ever need the first elements, or can you just throw them away
at read time and then sort naturally?
- is there any reason not to whip up a little sort that's based on that
element?
In the last case, I envision something about like
sort { $a[1] <=> $b[1] }
or so...
:-D
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