Hi Patricia,

Whilst this does not answer your question in full it should act as a
starting point.

@array = qw(1 2 3 4); # four elements
print $#array+1; # will print 4

HTH

Toby

"Patricia Hinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a routine that will sort arrays by
> size.  I need to sort any number of given arrays, and
> operate on the largest to the smallest.
>
> I've just recently learned of the
> @nums = sort{$a<=>$b} @numbers;
>
> hope the answer for arrays is as simple.
>





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