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| From | "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> |
| Subject | Re: verbose sort |
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To: markspace
From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
On 8/2/2012 1:19 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 8/2/2012 8:37 AM, bob smith wrote:
>> I have some code that sorts a list like so:
>>
>> Vector<String> my_list = new Vector<String>();
>>
>>
>> Comparator<String> c = new Comparator<String>() {
>> @Override
>> public int compare(String object1, String object2) {
>> if (object1 == null)
>> return -1;
>> if (object2 == null)
>> return 1;
>> object1 = object1.toLowerCase();
>> object2 = object2.toLowerCase();
>> return object1.compareTo(object2);
>> };
>> };
>>
>> Collections.sort(my_list, c);
>>
>>
>> This seems like a lot of code for such a common operation.
> > Is there a more succinct way of doing this?
>>
>
>
> Collections.sort( my_list, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER );
Throws NullPointerException if the list has any nulls.
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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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verbose sort "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
Re: verbose sort "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
Re: verbose sort "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
Re: verbose sort "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
Re: verbose sort "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
Re: verbose sort "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
Re: verbose sort "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
Re: verbose sort "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
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