// arrays/StringSorting.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information. // Sorting an array of Strings import java.util.*; import onjava.*; import static onjava.ArrayShow.*; public class StringSorting { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] sa = new Rand.String().array(20); show("Before sort", sa); Arrays.sort(sa); show("After sort", sa); Arrays.sort(sa, Collections.reverseOrder()); show("Reverse sort", sa); Arrays.sort(sa, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER); show("Case-insensitive sort", sa); } } /* Output: Before sort: [btpenpc, cuxszgv, gmeinne, eloztdv, ewcippc, ygpoalk, ljlbynx, taprwxz, bhmupju, cjwzmmr, anmkkyh, fcjpthl, skddcat, jbvlgwc, mvducuj, ydpulcq, zehpfmm, zrxmclh, qgekgly, hyoubzl] After sort: [anmkkyh, bhmupju, btpenpc, cjwzmmr, cuxszgv, eloztdv, ewcippc, fcjpthl, gmeinne, hyoubzl, jbvlgwc, ljlbynx, mvducuj, qgekgly, skddcat, taprwxz, ydpulcq, ygpoalk, zehpfmm, zrxmclh] Reverse sort: [zrxmclh, zehpfmm, ygpoalk, ydpulcq, taprwxz, skddcat, qgekgly, mvducuj, ljlbynx, jbvlgwc, hyoubzl, gmeinne, fcjpthl, ewcippc, eloztdv, cuxszgv, cjwzmmr, btpenpc, bhmupju, anmkkyh] Case-insensitive sort: [anmkkyh, bhmupju, btpenpc, cjwzmmr, cuxszgv, eloztdv, ewcippc, fcjpthl, gmeinne, hyoubzl, jbvlgwc, ljlbynx, mvducuj, qgekgly, skddcat, taprwxz, ydpulcq, ygpoalk, zehpfmm, zrxmclh] */