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AlphaComp.javaAPI DocExample3093Mon Apr 06 18:10:26 BST 1998c08.newcollections

AlphaComp

public class AlphaComp extends Object implements Comparator

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public intcompare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)

    // Assume it's used only for Strings...
    String s1 = ((String)o1).toLowerCase();
    String s2 = ((String)o2).toLowerCase();
    return s1.compareTo(s2);
public static voidmain(java.lang.String[] args)

    String[] s = Array1.randStrings(4, 10);
    Array1.print(s);
    AlphaComp ac = new AlphaComp();
    Arrays.sort(s, ac);
    Array1.print(s);
    // Must use the Comparator to search, also:
    int loc = Arrays.binarySearch(s, s[3], ac);
    System.out.println("Location of " + s[3] +
     " = " + loc);