Finding Extremes : Finding Extremes « Collections « Java Tutorial

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2. Collections
3. Finding Extremes

public static Object min(Collection col)
public static Object min(Collection col, Comparator comp)
public static Object max(Collection col)
public static Object max(Collection col, Comparator comp)

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String str[] = { "B", "H", "L", "M", "R" };
    List list = Arrays.asList(str);
    System.out.println(Collections.min(list));
    System.out.println(Collections.max(list));
    Comparator comp = Collections.reverseOrder();
    System.out.println(Collections.min(list, comp));
    System.out.println(Collections.max(list, comp));
  }
}

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R
R
B