Get the min value from a string array with Collections.min and Comparator in Java
Description
The following code shows how to get the min value from a string array with Collections.min and Comparator.
Example
// w w w. j a va 2 s . c o m
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] coins = { "Penny", "nickel", "dime", "Quarter", "dollar" };
Set set = new TreeSet();
for (int i = 0; i < coins.length; i++)
set.add(coins[i]);
System.out.println(Collections.min(set));
System.out.println(Collections.min(set, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER));
System.out.println("");
System.out.println(Collections.max(set));
System.out.println(Collections.max(set, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER));
}
}