sort a string array java
// Java program to sort a string alphabetically
import java.util.Arrays;
public class GFG
{
// Method to sort a string alphabetically
public static String sortString(String inputString)
{
// convert input string to char array
char tempArray[] = inputString.toCharArray();
// sort tempArray
Arrays.sort(tempArray);
// return new sorted string
return new String(tempArray);
}
// Driver method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String inputString = "geeksforgeeks";
String outputString = sortString(inputString);
System.out.println("Input String : " + inputString);
System.out.println("Output String : " + outputString);
}
}
public class ArrayReturn3 {
public static String[] sortNames(String[] userNames) {
String temp;
for (int i = 0; i < userNames.length; i++) {
for (int j = i + 1; j < userNames.length; j++) {
if (userNames[i].compareTo(userNames[j]) > 0) {
temp = userNames[i];
userNames[i] = userNames[j];
userNames[j] = temp;
}
}
}
return userNames;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] names = {"Ram", "Mohan", "Sohan", "Rita", "Anita", "Nita", "Shyam", "Mukund"};
System.out.println("Names before sort");
for (String n : names) {
System.out.print(" " + n);
}
String[] sortedNames = sortNames(names);
System.out.println("\nNames after sort (Sent name)");
for (String n : names) {
System.out.print(" " + n);
}
System.out.println("\nNames after sort (Received name)");
for (String n : sortedNames) {
System.out.print(" " + n);
}
}
}