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I didn't test every case (only the first and last columns) so I accepted ps15's answer even though the 2nd column did not sort numerically. &nbsp;tone28's suggestion does sort all columns correctly. &nbsp;I'm going to contact support and ask them to assign extra points and assisted answer for tone28.<br />

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I didn't test every case (only the first and last columns) so I accepted ps15's answer even though the 2nd column did not sort numerically.  tone28's suggestion does sort all columns correctly.  I'm going to contact support and ask them to assign extra points and assisted answer for tone28.


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Need a one-liner for extracting a single column from a 2D array, provided the index. &nbsp;The returned array should be sorted (numerically).<br />
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I found code on EE for sorting a single column but it returns the entire 2D array with column i sorted.<br />
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@ary = (<br />
[4,5,8],<br />
[2,10,5],<br />
[8,13,7]<br />
);<br />
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$i = 0;<br />
@sorted = sort {$a-&gt;[$i]&lt;=&gt;$b-&gt;[$i]} @ary;<br />
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I just want column i sorted and returned.
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Need a one-liner for extracting a single column from a 2D array, provided the index.  The returned array should be sorted (numerically).

I found code on EE for sorting a single column but it returns the entire 2D array with column i sorted.

@ary = (
[4,5,8],
[2,10,5],
[8,13,7]
);

$i = 0;
@sorted = sort {$a->[$i]<=>$b->[$i]} @ary;

I just want column i sorted and returned.

get sorted column for 2D array

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