Sorting Strings

What is the best way to sort an array of strings, by that i mean, sort each
individual string alphabetically, and maybe then have two arrays, one with
the sorted word and the other with the original word, so that they can be
cross referenced. At the moment I am considering using mergesort, is this a
good idea, or if there something more practical? I am writing a class which
finds anagrams from a large set of words.

Cheers

Paul

On 28-10-2004 14:15, Paul Morrison wrote:
> What is the best way to sort an array of strings, by that i mean, sort eac
h
> individual string alphabetically, and maybe then have two arrays, one with
> the sorted word and the other with the original word, so that they can be
> cross referenced. At the moment I am considering using mergesort, is this 
a
> good idea, or if there something more practical? I am writing a class whic
h
> finds anagrams from a large set of words.
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul

See the help on Arrays.sort(Object[] a). This might help you.

Paul.

"Paul Morrison" <pm42@kent.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:clqnt7$qbu$1@athena.ukc.ac.uk...
> What is the best way to sort an array of strings, by that i mean, sort
each
> individual string alphabetically, and maybe then have two arrays, one with
> the sorted word and the other with the original word, so that they can be
> cross referenced. At the moment I am considering using mergesort, is this
a
> good idea, or if there something more practical? I am writing a class
which
> finds anagrams from a large set of words.
>

If you mean sort array: {"bag", "ape", "can"}
to: {"abg", "aep", "acn"}

then iterate the array doing this on each element:

char[] chs = myString.toCharArray()

Arrays.sort(chs);

newArray[i] = new String(chs);

--
Mike W