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mbs

sort() on multidimensional arrays?
Aug 4^th, 2009, 9:51am

Hi,

it looks like sort() does work on 1-dimensional arrays (lists) only.

What I would like to achieve is to sort the columns of one row, and have the other columns sorted accordingly, e.g.

Unsorted 2x3 array:

row1: "B","C","A"
row2: "X","Y","Z"

sorting row1 --> result:

row1: "A","B","C"
row2: "Z","X","Y"

Of course I could use a HashMap that associates the column values in row 1 and 2.

The Processing Reference states String[], int[], or float[] als possible parameters for sort().
A solution would be also if sort() accepted Objects.

Or is there any available Java class that allows advanced sorting?

(Another workaround for me would be to apply sorting on the data before it is imported into the Processing code).

PhiLho YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: sort() on multidimensional arrays? Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2009, 4:08pm mbs wrote on Aug 4^th, 2009, 9:51am: A solution would be also if sort() accepted Objects. Or is there any available Java class that allows advanced sorting Yes. See Arrays.sort and Comparable or the other Arrays.sort and Comparator.

mbs YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: sort() on multidimensional arrays? Reply #2 - Aug 5^th, 2009, 2:31am Thank you.

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