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PERL sort Function
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Syntax
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sort SUBNAME LIST
sort BLOCK LIST
sort LIST
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Definition and Usage
Sorts LIST according to the subroutine SUBNAME or the anonymous subroutine specified by BLOCK. If no SUBNAME or BLOCK is specified, then it sorts according to normal alphabetical sequence. If BLOCK or SUBNAME is specified, then the subroutine should return an integer less than, greater than, or equal to zero, according to how the elements of the array are to be sorted.
Return Value
Example
Try out following example:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
@array = ("z", "w", "r", "i", "b", "a");
print("sort() ", sort(@array), "\n");
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It will produce following result:
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