#!/usr/bin/perl @array = ([8,9,10], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]); @sorted = sort {$a->[1] <=> $b->[1] } @array; print "$sorted[0][0]\n"; print "$sorted[0][1]\n"; print "$sorted[0][2]\n"; print "\n"; print "$sorted[1][0]\n"; print "$sorted[1][1]\n"; print "$sorted[1][2]\n"; print "\n"; print "$sorted[2][0]\n"; print "$sorted[2][1]\n"; print "$sorted[2][2]\n"; print "\n";