sorting problem

[saytri]

Im trying to sort a set of names, stored in a textfile in acscending order (this textfile contains also the marks of each student). I did this piece of code, but altough its compiling its not sorting them. Can someone pls help me with this problem. Thanks a lot.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
 
 
 
public class Scores {
int len;
private JTextArea textArea;
public Scores() {
super();
 
try{
JDialog dialog = new JDialog();
dialog.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout(10, 10));
//
String record = null;
String path = "players.txt";
 
        File file = new File(path);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
                            new InputStreamReader(
                            new FileInputStream(file)));
        String line;
        while((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line + "\n");
        }
        br.close();
        String[] p = sb.toString().split("\\n");
        System.out.printf("items = %s%n", Arrays.toString(p));
 
 
int a,b;
 
String temp;
 
int sortTheStrings = len - 1;
 
for (a = 0; a < sortTheStrings; ++a)
 
for (b = 0; b < sortTheStrings; ++b)
 
if(p[b].compareTo(p[b + 1]) >0)
 
{
 
temp = p[b];
 
p[b] = p[b + 1];
 
p[b + 1] = temp;
 
}
 
 
FileInputStream fileInput = new FileInputStream(file);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(fileInput);
 
String string = dis.readLine();
textArea = new JTextArea();
while(string != null){
textArea.append(string + "\n");
string = dis.readLine();
textArea.setBackground(Color.orange);
textArea.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman", Font.BOLD, 14));
textArea.setEditable(false);
textArea.setForeground(Color.red);
}
dialog.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, textArea);
dialog.setTitle("Scores");
dialog.setSize(350, 350);
 
dialog.setVisible(true);
 
 
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
 
}
 
public static void main(String[] args){
new Scores();
}
 
}