[Red8679]

So I've been searching the api and trying who knows how many different ways to do this, but I can't get an array of strings to sort in alphabetical order. There's more to this whole program, but just to get the idea down:

import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;

public class arraySort{

public static void main(String[] args)
throws java.io.IOException{

   InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
   BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);

   String names[] = new String[10];
   int i = 0;

   for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){
	  System.out.print("Enter a name: ");
	  names[i] = br.readLine();
	  }

/************************************************/
/*Here is where I want to sort them in alphabetical order. */
/************************************************/

   for(i = 0; i < 10; i++)
	  System.out.println(names[i]);

   }
}

[Amadeus]

I might be tempted to implement it as an Array object, and use the sort() method.

http://java.sun.com/...til/Arrays.html

http://leepoint.net/.../70sorting.html

http://www.java2s.co...ayofStrings.htm

[GWatt]

You can have a String array, and use the Arrays.sort(Object[] a) method. It sorts based on natural value, which for Strings is the lexical, or alphabetical order.

[mprince786]

Why dont you give buble sort a try in your code or some other algoritm

[3ks7rim3]

GWatt, on 2 Apr, 2007 - 07:21 PM, said:

You can have a String array, and use the Arrays.sort(Object[] a) method. It sorts based on natural value, which for Strings is the lexical, or alphabetical order.

Bubble sort method is slow! Use the quick sort