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SortNumbers.javaAPI DocExample1743Mon Sep 22 13:30:30 BST 1997None

SortNumbers

public class SortNumbers extends Object
This class demonstrates how to sort numbers using a simple algorithm

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public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)
This is a simple test program for the algorithm above

    double[] nums = new double[10];       // Create an array to hold numbers
    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++)  // Generate random numbers
      nums[i] = Math.random() * 100;
    sort(nums);                           // Sort them
    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++)  // Print them out
      System.out.println(nums[i]);
public static voidsort(double[] nums)
This is a very simple sorting algorithm that is not very efficient when sorting large numbers of things

    // Loop through each element of the array, sorting as we go.
    // Each time through, find the smallest remaining element, and move it
    // to the first unsorted position in the array.
    for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
      int min = i;  // holds the index of the smallest element
      // find the smallest one between i and the end of the array
      for(int j = i; j < nums.length; j++) {
        if (nums[j] < nums[min]) min = j;
      }
      // Now swap the smallest one with element i.  
      // This leaves all elements between 0 and i sorted.
      double tmp;
      tmp = nums[i];
      nums[i] = nums[min];
      nums[min] = tmp;
    }