// 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: [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]

*/