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Can anyone explain the logic of sorting here by using s2.charAt(1)-s1.charAt(1) as coded above please. Thanks in advance.
 
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By adding some println statements, the code will explain itself...

[ July 29, 2007: Message edited by: marc weber ]
 
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So it seems the logic is to compare the first letter of the compared strings and return a positive number if the s2 starts with a "higher" (in the alphabet) letter, a negative number if s1 starts with a "higher" letter, and 0 if they are they same.... right?
 
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That's not true.

s1.charAt(1) retrieves the second char, because this method is zero based.
 
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Thanks Remco. That was interesting to see.
But hows the array sorted based on the return value. The final array is {Good, Ugly, Bad} after sorting.
 
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Sorry, I was a bit drowsy, when sorted it last.
Now sorted perfect.

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