Hi,
I'm reading in a delimeted text file (X rows, 4 columns) in this case tab delimited. I would like the array to be sorted in the array.
This is the best I have come up with, but it seems very harsh. Is there no easier way of sorting an array?
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String[][] tempData;
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tempData = new String[20][4];
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[ stuff deleted when using CSV to read in the file ]
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Arrays.sort(tempData, new Comparator<Object>() {
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public int compare(Object o1, Object o2)
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{
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try
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{
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String[] s1 = (String[]) o1;
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String[] s2 = (String[]) o2;
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if ((s1[0] == null) || (s2[0] == null))
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{
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return 0;
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}
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return s1[0].compareTo(s2[0]);
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}
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catch (ParseException e)
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{
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e.printStackTrace();
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return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
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}
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}
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The null check is because although I have a 20x4 String array defined, there is no gurantee that there will be exactly 20 rows, there might be less.
Thanks.
