//: arrays/StringSorting.java // Sorting an array of Strings. import java.util.*; import net.mindview.util.*; import static net.mindview.util.Print.*; public class StringSorting { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] sa = Generated.array(new String[20], new RandomGenerator.String(5)); print("Before sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); Arrays.sort(sa); print("After sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); Arrays.sort(sa, Collections.reverseOrder()); print("Reverse sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); Arrays.sort(sa, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER); print("Case-insensitive sort: " + Arrays.toString(sa)); } } /* Output: Before sort: [YNzbr, nyGcF, OWZnT, cQrGs, eGZMm, JMRoE, suEcU, OneOE, dLsmw, HLGEa, hKcxr, EqUCB, bkIna, Mesbt, WHkjU, rUkZP, gwsqP, zDyCy, RFJQA, HxxHv] After sort: [EqUCB, HLGEa, HxxHv, JMRoE, Mesbt, OWZnT, OneOE, RFJQA, WHkjU, YNzbr, bkIna, cQrGs, dLsmw, eGZMm, gwsqP, hKcxr, nyGcF, rUkZP, suEcU, zDyCy] Reverse sort: [zDyCy, suEcU, rUkZP, nyGcF, hKcxr, gwsqP, eGZMm, dLsmw, cQrGs, bkIna, YNzbr, WHkjU, RFJQA, OneOE, OWZnT, Mesbt, JMRoE, HxxHv, HLGEa, EqUCB] Case-insensitive sort: [bkIna, cQrGs, dLsmw, eGZMm, EqUCB, gwsqP, hKcxr, HLGEa, HxxHv, JMRoE, Mesbt, nyGcF, OneOE, OWZnT, RFJQA, rUkZP, suEcU, WHkjU, YNzbr, zDyCy] *///:~