Java - Sort Array Of Strings

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Requirement

  • First read number of string to sort
  • Then read string value one by one from console
  • Sort the string values

Demo

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); 
    System.out.print("Enter number of strings to enter:  ");
    int n = in.nextInt();  
    String[] Array = new String[n];
    for (int i = 0; i<n; i++){
      System.out.print("Enter string number " + (i+1) + ": ");
      Array[i] = in.next();//  w w w. j  a  v  a  2 s .  c om
    }
    in.close();
    
    //sorting
    System.out.println("The sorted strings are:");
    for(int j=0; j<Array.length;j++)
     {
         for (int i=j+1 ; i<Array.length; i++)
         {
             if(Array[i].compareTo(Array[j])<0)
             {
                 String temp= Array[j];
                 Array[j]= Array[i]; 
                 Array[i]=temp;
             }
         }
         System.out.print(Array[j]);
         System.out.println();
     }
  }

}

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