Hello,
I have some data that is pipe-delimited, that I would like to sort
on the first column (numeric). The data looks like this:
173|Supertramp|The Very Best of Supertramp
19|Story, Liz|My Foolish Heart
54|Tchaikovsky|Nutcracker Suite
187|Tesla|Time's Makin' Changes: The Best of Tesla
and once sorted, it should look like
19|Story, Liz|My Foolish Heart
54|Tchaikovsky|Nutcracker Suite
173|Supertramp|The Very Best of Supertramp
187|Tesla|Time's Makin' Changes: The Best of Tesla
I tried usint "sort {$a <=> $b}" but got an error:
Argument "173|Supertramp|The Very Best of Supertramp" isn't numeric
in sort at med2cdr.pl line 1.
So I know I have to write my own sort sub-routine, perhaps using
'split', but I haven't a clue where or how to write that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
TIA
Jeff
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