On Nov 21, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Paul Archer wrote:
> 7:25pm, Luinrandir Hernsen wrote:
>
>>  Keys = sort {$a cmp $b} substr(Keys,9,);
>>
>> I want to sort an array starting at the 9th
character
>> of each string in the array.
>> I have a feeling i'm missing a delimiter, maybe????
>>
>
> substr returns a string, not a list--so using on a list
(array)
> isn't going
> to get you anywhere. You want to use it on the $a and
$b variables
> instead.
>
> Paul
sorted = sort { substr($a,8) cmp substr($b,8) } Keys
The characters of a string are indexed from 0, so the 9th
character
is at index 8.
-Rob
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