Re: Sorting string array numerically

Søren Blidorf wrote:
> I have a problem regarding sorting numerically.
>
> I have the following pics:
>
> pic_1, pic_2, pic_3, pic_4, pic_5, pic_6, pic_7, pic_8, 
> pic_9, pic_10, pic_11, pic_12
>
> But the sort makes a sort after first number then second 
> number:
>
> pic_1, pic_10, pic_11, pic_12, pic_2, pic_3, pic_4, pic_5, 
> pic_6, pic_7, pic_8, pic_9
>
> How can I make sure that the sort is numeric?
>
> pic_1, pic_2, pic_3, pic_4, pic_5, pic_6, pic_7, pic_8, 
> pic_9, pic_10, pic_11, pic_12 


I'm not sure if this is the right list for this type of message...

But, you could write a custom Comparator, which parses the number from 
the string.  Then you could use java.util.Arrays.asList() to convert 
your array to a List, use java.util.Collections.sort(List, Comparator) 
to get the results.  I think this will work -- but it will probably be 
slower than just manually looping through the array and using a 
StringTokenizer to compare the strings yourself.

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