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Numeric sort

      


#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

sub numerically {
   $a*1.0 <=> $b*1.0 or $a cmp $b
};

my @words = qw(1e2 2e1 3 4 5);
print 'Normal sort:  ', join(', ', sort @words), "\n";
print 'Numeric sort: ', join(', ', sort numerically @words), "\n";

   
    
    
    
    
    
  








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