On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 01:20:48PM -0700, Eric Wang wrote:
> @result = sort @array
>
> it sorts the numbers by digits, but not the whole number
> for example 6666 is bigger than 443322341 because it's first digit is a 6
Your question was answered by a another poster.
I'll reiterate:
see perldoc -f sort
The sort routine sorts alphabetically (well, ASCIIbetically) by default, use
a different comparison operator:
@result = sort { $a <=> $b } @array;
Michael
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