How do I sort string of numbers in ascending order?

By Wayan Saryada in Core API, Util Package 2 Comments

In the following example we are going to sort a string containing the following numbers "2, 5, 9, 1, 10, 7, 4, 8" in ascending order so we will get the result of "1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10".

package org.kodejava.example.util;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;

public class SortStringNumber {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // We have some string numbers separated by comma. First we
        // need to split it so we can get each individual number.
        String data = "2, 5, 9, 1, 10, 7, 4, 8";
        String[] numbers = data.split(",");

        // Convert the string numbers into Integer and placed it into
        // an array of Integer.
        Integer[] intValues = new Integer[numbers.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
            intValues[i] = Integer.parseInt(numbers[i].trim());
        }

        // Sort the number in ascending order using the
        // Collections.sort() method.
        Collections.sort(Arrays.asList(intValues));

        // Convert back the sorted number into string using the
        // StringBuilder object. Prints the sorted string numbers.
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < intValues.length; i++) {
            Integer intValue = intValues[i];
            builder.append(intValue);
            if (i < intValues.length - 1) {
                builder.append(", ");
            }
        }
        System.out.println("Before = " + data);
        System.out.println("After  = " + builder.toString());
    }
}

When we run the program we will get the following output:

Before = 2, 5, 9, 1, 10, 7, 4, 8
After  = 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
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2 Comments

    • Hi Navi,

      When the string exceeds the long range I think it will not added to the list to be sorted. When trying to convert the string into long using the Long.parseLong() method a NumberFormatException will be thrown when the string exceeds the long range.

      try {
    long number = Long.parseLong("12345678901234567890");
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

      If you are working with a bigger number you might consider using the java.math.BigInteger instead.

      Reply

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