searching and sorting

[UMstudent]

I have to create a program that creates 5 or 6 vertical bars of different heights using an array. And the bars need to be lined up across the page which is what I'm having trouble with. The rest of the program I believe I can do, which is then creating a timer and action listener so that it compares the first bar to the second bar and then if teh second is shorter the bars switch and it does this till all teh bars are sorted from shortest to tallest. But i've already created a sorting algorithm for another program I did which should work fine. But all i can get are random height and width bars in random places. Any help will be greatly appreciated thanks.

[RedSon]

There should be a layout manager that you can use to make those bars line up. Like FlowLayout (which should be set as default). That works if you are using java gui code, if not then you will have to figure out how it works with whatever gui you are using.

[r035198x]

I have to create a program that creates 5 or 6 vertical bars of different heights using an array. And the bars need to be lined up across the page which is what I'm having trouble with. The rest of the program I believe I can do, which is then creating a timer and action listener so that it compares the first bar to the second bar and then if teh second is shorter the bars switch and it does this till all teh bars are sorted from shortest to tallest. But i've already created a sorting algorithm for another program I did which should work fine. But all i can get are random height and width bars in random places. Any help will be greatly appreciated thanks.

You are going to be moving the bars around so using a layout might not be the best option since you'd have to change it everytime you move a bar. What you need to use is a basic animation program. You can use an applet/canvas and draw the bars on the canvas at co-ordinates which you can change whenever you need to move the bars.

[RedSon]

Oh I didn't consider the moving around of the bars. I forgot you were trying to animate a sort. You can see similar things to this on wikipedia if you search for bubble sort. However I think those are animated gifs which probably wont do you much good.

[roopal]

hi i want a sorting algorithm for find a time complexity.ex.when we will enter some element in any mennar, that time which sorting method is working fast?how much its time complexity?

[Nepomuk]

hi i want a sorting algorithm for find a time complexity.ex.when we will enter some element in any mennar, that time which sorting method is working fast?how much its time complexity?

Do you mean, you're looking for an algorithm which sorts a new Element into a List/Array/etc. as fast as possible and information about how fast that is? (e.g. linear, logarithmic etc.)

If so, that depends on your Collection type. There is a difference between a sorted (Linked) List and a sorted Array. You access them in different ways, and therefor find the correct place in a different way.

Please give us more information about what you are looking for.