How to sort String, for example: abced. to change to abcde

[sandeeps srivastava]

hi ,

i am beginners in java , i have proble to sorting a string for example how we sort abecd into abcde in java
please help

[Amit Ghorpade]

Let us know how far have you gone with the problem.
Hint:You can use the charAt() method and any sorting mechanism you wish to implement.

[Piet Verdriet]

1 - create an array of characters from String X;
2 - sort the character array;
3 - create a new String from the sorted array;
4 - reassign X to the newly created String;
5 - have a beer... err... cup of coffee!

Have a look at the String- and Arrays API docs for steps 1, 2 and 3:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html

[fred rosenberger]

Is this a homework assignment? What have you tried? are you allowed to use all the tools in the api, or do you have to write your own sort?

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