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Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:31:20 -0500, "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>The trouble I am having is sorting array B based on array A. One's a
>String the other's an int. I thought I could use something like
>(Integer.valueOf(charAt(artist[i])) to do it. Am I on the right track
>with somethig like that?

You need to create some little glue objects that have enough
information in them that your sort Comparator can decide order just
with that.  Typically if you wanted to put some strings in a
particular order, your glue objects would have a String and an int
snaffled from the array.

Then the Comparator has all it needs to sort -- the int.

If you  are having trouble generating Comparator code, see
http://mindprod.com/applet/comparatorcutter.html

It will crank out Java code for them after selecting the fields to use
in the sort.  I was horrified at how voluminous comparators are in
Java compared with the sort I built into my own language.  At least
this way you don't have to type all that bubblegum.

Also I have posted source code for a number of simple sorts. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/sort.html

Make sure you use the standard Sun Comparator/Comparable in designing
your sort.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/comparator.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/comparable.html

It makes swapping out different algorithms very easy, and it makes it
easy to change the sort criteria.
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How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-22 14:31 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B markspace <-@.> - 2011-09-22 15:38 -0700
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 08:51 -0500
      Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 07:23 -0700
        Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 10:51 -0500
          Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 09:59 -0700
            Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 14:31 -0500
              Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 12:39 -0700
              Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-09-23 17:42 -0400
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 20:27 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 18:39 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-26 08:37 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-26 08:04 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-27 13:47 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-27 13:59 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-27 12:25 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-26 09:00 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-09-23 23:31 -0400
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-26 08:29 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-22 22:28 -0400
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 09:13 -0500
      Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-23 20:45 -0400
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-23 02:28 -0700
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 09:14 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-25 00:46 -0700

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