> Hello,
Hi,
> I have an array of names and would like to sort the array by
> the length of the name but am having difficulty.
>
> Any suggestions ?
if you want to sort in ascending order
@sorted = sort { length($a) <=> length($b) } @unsorted;
or if in descending order
@sorted = sort { length($b) <=> length($a) } @unsorted;
perldoc -f sort will give you many useful examples.
--Ankur
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