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The sort function sorts and returns a sorted array.

     

#If SUBROUTINE is omitted, the sort is in string comparison order. 
#If SUBROUTINE is specified, the first argument to sort is the name of the subroutine, followed by a list of values to be sorted. 
#To sort data according to a locale, include the use locale pragma. 

#Format:
#sort(SUBROUTINE LIST)
#sort(LIST)
#sort SUBROUTINE LIST
#sort LIST


# Simple alphabetic sort
@list=("Abc","Bcd", "Cde","Def" );
print "Original list: @list\n";
@sorted = sort(@list);
print "Ascii sort: @sorted\n";

# Reversed alphabetic sort
@sorted = reverse(sort(@list));
print "Reversed Ascii sort: @sorted\n";








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