// arrays/StringSorting.java

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// 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: [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]

*/