Java Data Structure How to - Sort 2 dimensional array

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Question

We would like to know how to sort 2 dimensional array.

Answer

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
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class Compare2DArray implements Comparator {
  public int compare(Object a, Object b) {
    int aa[] = (int[]) a;
    int bb[] = (int[]) b;
    for (int i = 0; i < aa.length && i < bb.length; i++)
      if (aa[i] != bb[i])
        return aa[i] - bb[i];
    return aa.length - bb.length;
  }
}
public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    int d2[][] = { { 11, 43 }, { 6, 98 }, { 44, 38 }, { 11, 4 }, { 17, 32 } };
    Arrays.sort(d2, new Compare2DArray());
    for (int i = 0; i < d2.length; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < d2[i].length; j++)
        System.out.print(d2[i][j] + " ");
      System.out.println();
    }
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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