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clankill3r
script that sort a text on chars
Jan 13th, 2010, 1:15pm  
Hi, i'm really bussy and i probably won't sleep at all tonight.
If someone could make a script that loads a textfile and sorts all chars then that would be really great.
for example this as result:

aaaaaaaabbbbbccddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeffffggghhiiiijjkkkklllmmmmmnnnnnnnoooooooooppp
rrrsssssstttuuuuuvvvvvvvvwwwwwwyyzzzz
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antiplastik
Re: script that sort a text on chars
Reply #1 - Jan 13th, 2010, 1:41pm  
Challenge... accepted! Wink

String input = "jakhab dadkjndad";
String output = new String(sort(input.toCharArray()));
println(output);

(edit) @clankill3r : blindfish is right, don't look at the code above. you should find by yourself. huhu ^ ^
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blindfish
Re: script that sort a text on chars
Reply #2 - Jan 13th, 2010, 1:41pm  
1. loadStrings().  If text file has several lines you'll need to combine them into a single string (a simple for loop should do).

2. String has a toCharArray() method (though saying that IIRC in some languages a String can be treated as an array without having to do any manipulation).  Once you have an array you can use sort()...

It's a bit cheeky to ask people to do the work for you.  How do we know the reason you're so busy is legitimate rather than poor organisation Tongue
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blindfish
Re: script that sort a text on chars
Reply #3 - Jan 13th, 2010, 1:42pm  
antiplastik wrote on Jan 13th, 2010, 1:41pm:
Challenge... accepted! Wink


Sucker Tongue
Hope you didn't just do someone's homework!
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antiplastik
Re: script that sort a text on chars
Reply #4 - Jan 13th, 2010, 1:56pm  
Haha you're right. I've been excited by the finding-a-two-lines-of-code-solution challenge, without thinking further. Anyway, people asking for some help for bad reasons will pay... soon or later  Grin
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blindfish
Re: script that sort a text on chars
Reply #5 - Jan 13th, 2010, 2:37pm  
Now I feel harsh...  I know what it's like to have to deal with deadlines and I sympathise.  It's just that sometimes it's obvious that people are asking for help with homework, often in a hurry, because they haven't done a good job of organising themselves...  In this case I'm not too sure: It may well be a legitimate cry of desperation  Shocked

Still - that's a nice and succinct solution Wink
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