Custom array sort in perl
- by ABach
I have a perl array of to-do tasks that looks like this:
@todos = (
"1 (A) Complete online final @evm4700 t:2010-06-02",
"3 Write thank-you t:2010-06-10",
"4 (B) Clean t:2010-05-30",
"5 Donate to LSF t:2010-06-02",
"6 (A) t:2010-05-30 Pick up dry cleaning",
"2 (C) Call Chris Johnson t:2010-06-01"
);
That first number is the task's ID. If a task has ([A-Z]) next to, that defines the task's priority. What I want to do is sort the tasks array in a way that places the prioritized items first (and in order):
@todos = (
"1 (A) Complete online final @evm4700 t:2010-06-02",
"6 (A) t:2010-05-30 Pick up dry cleaning",
"4 (B) Clean t:2010-05-30",
"2 (C) Call Chris Johnson t:2010-06-01"
"3 Write thank-you t:2010-06-10",
"5 Donate to LSF t:2010-06-02",
);
I cannot use a regular sort() because of those IDs next to the tasks, so I'm assuming that some sort of customized sorting subroutine is needed. However, my knowledge of how to do this efficiently in perl is minimal.
Thanks, all.
