Using Perl, how can I sort an array using the value of a number inside each array element?

Question

Let\'s say I have an array, @theArr, which holds 1,000 or so elements such as the following:

01  \'12 16 sj.1012804p1012831.93.gz\'
02  \'12 16 sj.1012832p10         


        

Answer 1

Here's an example that sorts them ascending, assuming you don't care too much about efficiency:

use strict;

my @theArr = split(/\n/, < $bVal;
}

Outputs:

Before:
12 16 sj.1012804p1012831.93.gz
12 16 sj.1012832p1012859.94.gz
12 16 sj.1012860p1012887.95.gz
12 16 sj.1012888p1012915.96.gz
12 16 sj.1012916p1012943.97.gz
12 16 sj.875352p875407.01.gz
12 16 sj.875408p875435.02.gz
12 16 sj.875436p875535.03.gz
12 16 sj.875536p875575.04.gz
12 16 sj.875576p875603.05.gz
After:
12 16 sj.875352p875407.01.gz
12 16 sj.875408p875435.02.gz
12 16 sj.875436p875535.03.gz
12 16 sj.875536p875575.04.gz
12 16 sj.875576p875603.05.gz
12 16 sj.1012804p1012831.93.gz
12 16 sj.1012832p1012859.94.gz
12 16 sj.1012860p1012887.95.gz
12 16 sj.1012888p1012915.96.gz
12 16 sj.1012916p1012943.97.gz