Many thanks to Scott, Shawn, Paul, Jenda, and Uri. I've learned
something from each of you, and appreciate your taking the time to help!
Rick
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Rick Triplett wrote:
I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number and
the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort with = won't work
since retaking a missed question (say, 2) produces the new key, 2h with
its new answer. A representative hash might look like this
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:09:09AM -0500, Rick Triplett wrote:
I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number and
the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort with = won't work
since retaking a missed question (say, 2) produces the new key, 2h with
its new
Date sent: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:03:13 -0400
From: Shawn H Corey shawnhco...@gmail.com
To: Rick Triplett r...@reason.net
Copies to: Perl Beginners beginners@perl.org
Subject:Re: Sorting mixed alphanumerics
Rick
Jenda Krynicky wrote:
ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple.
Especially if the number of items is fairly small.
Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is
not so small, than ST may perform worse than an ordinary sort doing
the extraction within the
SHC == Shawn H Corey shawnhco...@gmail.com writes:
SHC Jenda Krynicky wrote:
ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple.
Especially if the number of items is fairly small.
Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is
not so small, than ST may
-Original Message-
From: Rick Triplett [mailto:r...@reason.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:09 PM
To: Perl Beginners
Subject: Sorting mixed alphanumerics
I need to sort the keys in a hash. The keys are the question number
and the values are the student's answer. A numeric sort
From: Shawn H Corey shawnhco...@gmail.com
Jenda Krynicky wrote:
ST is an overkill if the extraction is simple.
Especially if the number of items is fairly small.
Actually if the extraction is really simple and the extracted key is
not so small, than ST may perform worse than an
