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sort hash by dates
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Assuming your hash uses dates for the keys, first write a function that compares two dates and returns -1 if the first is less than the second, or 1 if the first is greater than the second, or 0 if they are equal. Then do this:
I would give you the code for the date comparison function, but I have no idea how you have formatted the dates (e.g. seconds from epoch, day of the year, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, etc.)
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my @sortedKeys = sort { compareDates ($a, $b); } keys %hash;I would give you the code for the date comparison function, but I have no idea how you have formatted the dates (e.g. seconds from epoch, day of the year, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, YYYY-MM-DD, etc.)
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