Re: Array sort problem.

From	"Alex Mentis" <foo@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Array sort problem.
Date	2011-10-17 21:14 +0000
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Warren Tang wrote:

> Hi,everyone
> 
> I have an array:
> 
> index value
> 0	33
> 1	22
> 2	44
> 3	11
> 
> Now I'd like to sort it, but I also need to preserve the original
> index, like this:
> 
> newIndex originalIndex sortedValue
> 0	3	11
> 1	1	22
> 2	0	33
> 3	2	44
> 
> How can this be done conveniently in Java?
> 
> Regards,
> Warren Tang

I imagine you'd have to go through the array of values and turn it into
an array of objects that contain fields for both the original index and
value. Then sort the new array based on the values.

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